ECOLOGY

Question 1

It is a physiochemical features of the environment such as temperature, humidity and pH; it can vary with time and space.

Answer 1

CONDITIONS

Question 2

It is consumed by the organism in the course of maintenance, growth and reproduction.

Answer 2

RESOURCES

Question 3

It is a large-scale biological communities which is shaped by the regional conditions of the environment.

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BIOMES

Question 4

It is directional or progressive change in a community and occurs over a period of months.

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SUCCESSION

Question 5

It assumes that there is a single end point that succession is leading for and is generally defined by the climate.

Answer 5

MONO CLIMAX / FACILITATION HYPOTHESIS

Question 6

The priority effects influence the composition of communities where those that colonize it first are the dominant species.

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INHIBITION MODEL HYPOTHESIS

Question 7

It states that there are no ecological interactions and it follows null theory where all species are equal and succession is entirely stochastic with primary effects from the birth, death rates and dispersal.

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NULL SUCCESION HYPOTHESIS

Question 8

It is a location that provides the characteristic conditions and resources that allow a species to thrive.

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NICHE

Question 9

A limitation with this model of population growth is that it assumes populations grow infinitely, and from observations this doesn’t occur something limits them.

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EXPONENTIAL

Question 10

This model of population growth includes the carrying capacity and density/dependence looking at competition. It has however doesn’t incorporate a range of competitive intensities and is doomed to perfectly compensate density dependence.

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LOGISTIC

Question 11

It is a ecological relationship that when two or more organisms rely on the same environmental resource

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COMPETITION

Question 12

It is a ecological relationship twhuch behavior of one animal feeding on another

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PREDATION

Question 13

It is a ecological relationship which is the close relationship of two dissimilar organisms.

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SYMBIOSIS

Question 14

It is a ecological relationship which a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

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MUTUALISM

Question 15

It is a ecological relationship where one organis benefits and one does not benefit but is unharmed.

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COMMENSALISM

Question 16

It is a ecological relationship where one organism benefits and one is harmed.

Answer 16

PARASITISM