Ecology/Biodiversity

Question 0

Biotic

Answer 0

The living

Question 1

Community

Answer 1

A group of Biotic species

Question 2

Abiotic

Answer 2

Non-living

Question 3

Keystone Species

Answer 3

Species upon which a community is dependent

Question 4

Watershed

Answer 4

All land that drains into a river system

Question 5

Trophic Level 1

Answer 5

Producers

Question 6

Trophic Level 2

Answer 6

Primary consumer

Question 7

Trophic Level 3

Answer 7

Secondary Consumer

Question 8

Trophic Level 4

Answer 8

Tertiary Consumer

Question 9

Eutrophication

Answer 9

Excess richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water

Question 10

Competitive Exclusion Principle

Answer 10

Survival of the Fittest

Question 11

Niche

Answer 11

A species job

Question 12

Habitat

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A species home

Question 13

Fundamental Niche

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A species potential niche

Question 14

Realized Niche

Answer 14

The niche the species actually takes up (smaller than possible usually)

Question 15

Symbiotic Mutualism

Answer 15

Organisms benefit each other

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Commensalism

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One benefits, the other is unharmed

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Parasitism

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One organism benefits, one is negatively affected

Question 18

Resource Partitioning

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Organization; species sharing resources and avoiding competition

Question 19

Genetic Drift

Answer 19

A change in the gene frequency not caused by natural selection

Question 20

Species

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A group of individuals that share, or can share, from a common gene pool

Question 21

Speciation

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Formation of a new or distinct species in the course of evolution

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Bioaccumulation

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When pollutants enter a food chain

Question 23

Biomagnification

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The concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely dispersed

Question 24

Geographic Isolation

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Physical barrier that separates species

Question 25

Charles Darwin

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Famous for creating the theory of Natural Selection

Question 26

Biodiversity

Answer 26

The variety of living organisms in an area

Question 27

Evolution

Answer 27

The printable changes that shape the appearance and function of an organism over time

Question 28

4 observations leading to natural selection

Answer 28

1. All species produce offspring
2. Variability between individuals
3. The environment is always changing
4. This variability can be inherited

Question 29

Specialization

Answer 29

An adaptation of a body part to a particular function or of an organism for life in a particular environment