Ecological niche

Question 1

what are the three types of ecological niche

Answer 1

realised, intraspecific, interspecific

Question 2

food chain

Answer 2

link of organims drawn in accordance to their feeding relationships

Question 3

Food web

Answer 3

Interconnected network of organisms drawn accordance to their feeding relationships

Question 4

Herbivores

Answer 4

feed on plants and other producers. eg. koala, giraffe

Question 5

Carnivores

Answer 5

consume other consumers, catch live prey. eg. meerkat, eagle

Question 6

Parasites

Answer 6

feed on the surface of or from the inside of other organisms. eg. heartworm, mozzie, tick

Question 7

Scavengers

Answer 7

consume other dead animals. eg. vulture, tasmanian devil

Question 8

Detritivores

Answer 8

feed on non-living organic material including fruits, remains of dead plants, and animals. eg. millipede, earthworm

Question 9

decomposers

Answer 9

Break down and then consume non living organic material. eg. Bacterium, fungus

Question 10

Environmental resistance

Answer 10

the sum of the factors that limit the growth of a population

Question 11

Density independent

Answer 11

affect population size regardless of the size or density of a population.

Question 12

Density dependent.

Answer 12

Influence the rate of births and deaths in a popuation

Question 13

Intraspecific competition

Answer 13

is competition between individuals of the same species.

Question 14

Competitive exclusion

Answer 14

Is where one species is better at obtaining recources, excluding the other from the available recource and sometimes driving them to extinction.