Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

study of interactions between different organisms and the organisms and their environment

Question 2

Biotic factors

Answer 2

living factors that influence and ecosystem

Question 3

Abiotic factors

Answer 3

nonliving factors that influence an ecosystem

Question 4

Niche

Answer 4

involves where an organism lives and its roles in its habitat

Question 5

3 main types of interactions

Answer 5

Competition
Predation
Symbiosis

Question 6

Competition

Answer 6

more than one organism uses the same resource at the same time

Question 7

Predation

Answer 7

one species uses the other as food

Question 8

Predator

Answer 8

the organism that eats the other

Question 9

Prey

Answer 9

organism that is eaten

Question 10

What do predators and prey have in common

Answer 10

they both have adaptions that increase chances of survival

Question 11

Symbiosis

Answer 11

Occurs when two organisms live together
- At least one benefits from the relationship

Question 12

3 types of Symbiosis

Answer 12

Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism

Question 13

Mutualism

Answer 13

1 benefits

#2 benefits

Question 14

Commensalism

Answer 14

1 benefits

#2 not hurt or helped

Question 15

Parasitism

Answer 15

1 benefits

#2 is hurt

Question 16

Parasitism

Answer 16

1 benefits

#2 is hurt

Question 17

Ecological sucession

Answer 17

Series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time

Question 18

Primary Succession

Answer 18

Succession that occurs on a surface where no soil exists

Question 19

In primary sucession what organisms are often first and why

Answer 19

lichens because they do not require soil

Question 20

pioneer species

Answer 20

the first species to populate a area

Question 21

Secondary sucession

Answer 21

Follows a disturbance that destroy the community without destroying the soil
ex. forest after a fire