For sure final vocab

Question 1

scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms

Answer 1

ecology

Question 2

an area of low precipitation on the side of a mountain away from predominant winds

Answer 2

rain shadow

Question 3

an assemblage of populations that interact with one another in a prescribed area or habitat

Answer 3

community

Question 4

per-capita growth rate declines at low population densities

Answer 4

Allee effect

Question 5

how the capture rate of prey by a predator depends on the abundance of the prey

Answer 5

functional response

Question 6

the sinking and mixing action that occurs in many water systems due to the relationship between density and water temperature

Answer 6

turnover

Question 7

the needs and role of a species in a habitat when competition and other biotic factors are present

Answer 7

realized niche

Question 8

the shift from high birth and death rates to low rates

Answer 8

demographic transition

Question 9

when organisms directly prevent others from having access to a limiting resource, therefore increasing their own fitness

Answer 9

interference competition

Question 10

population growth where there is constant per-capita growth rate

Answer 10

density independence

Question 11

a group of several local populations, linked by immigration and extinction

Answer 11

metapopulations