Ecology Test

Question 0

Abiotic

Answer 0

Nonliving things that organisms depend on

Question 1

What is studied in ecology

Answer 1

Study of how organisms depend on each other and depended on the environment to survive

Question 2

Biotic factor

Answer 2

Living things that organisms depend on

Question 3

Ecology chain

Answer 3

Organism to population to community to ecosystem to biome to biosphere

Question 4

Organism

Answer 4

Living thing

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

Group of organisms in the same area

Question 6

Community

Answer 6

Populations in the same area

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

Many communities, living and non living

Question 8

Biome

Answer 8

Many ecosystems

Question 9

Biosphere

Answer 9

All biomes on earth

Question 10

Density independent

Answer 10

Doesn’t depend on population density, effects everyone the same

Question 11

Density dependent factor

Answer 11

Depends on density, effects different populations the same

Question 12

Emigration

Answer 12

Moving out

Question 13

Immigration

Answer 13

Moving in

Question 14

Birth rates

Answer 14

Rate of being born

Question 15

Death rate

Answer 15

Rate of deaths

Question 16

Exponential population growth

Answer 16

Unlimited

Question 17

Logistical population growth

Answer 17

Fixed, up until carrying capacity

Question 18

Habitat

Answer 18

Location, where it lives

Question 19

Niche

Answer 19

Role in the environment, specific

Needs

Question 20

Competition

Answer 20

When two organisms try and share the same niche

Question 21

Predation

Answer 21

Looking for prey

Question 22

Mutualism

Answer 22

Win win

Question 23

Paratism

Answer 23

Win lose

Question 24

Commensalism

Answer 24

win neutral

Question 25

Why are decomposers important

Answer 25

Break down everything and recycle nutrients back into the soil

Question 26

Hippo

Answer 26

``` Habitat loss Imported species Pollution Population growth Over exploitation ```