Basic Terms

Question 1

Define ecology.

Answer 1

Studying the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance and activity of organisms.

Question 2

Define autoecology.

Answer 2

The branch of ecology that deals with the biological relationship between an individual organism or an individual species and its environment.

Question 3

Define a habitat.

Answer 3

Where an organism lives.

Question 4

Define an ecological niche.

Answer 4

Fundamental and realised niche.

Question 5

Define a population.

Answer 5

A group of organisms of the same species occupying a particular space at a particular time.

Question 6

Define a community.

Answer 6

Any assemblage of populations in a specific area or habitat.