Evolution

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

everything an animal does and how it does it

Question 2

Kinesis

Answer 2

automatic movement; stimulus

Question 3

System

Answer 3

a group of things working together for a common purpose

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

study of the interactions that occur within this big system; between abiotic and biotic, and biotic and biotic

Question 5

Niche

Answer 5

an organism’s role within their ecosystem

Question 6

Biotic

Answer 6

living components or once living

Question 7

Food chain

Answer 7

represents a single sequence showing predator/prey

Question 8

Food web

Answer 8

represents ALL the interconnected ecosystem interactions

Question 9

Decomposers

Answer 9

fungi, bacteria, insects

Question 10

R selected species

Answer 10

unstable environment; small body size, early maturity, dispersed offspring

Question 11

K selected species

Answer 11

stable environment; large body size; long life expectancy; high parental care

Question 12

Ecological succession

Answer 12

communities change over time

Question 13

Primary succession

Answer 13

succession where there is no pre-existing vegetation

Question 14

Symbiosis

Answer 14

species living together

Question 15

Fundamental niche

Answer 15

entire range an organism can occupy

Question 16

Realized niche

Answer 16

range the organisms actually occupy

Question 17

Autotrophs

Answer 17

uses the energy in sunlight or inorganic molecules to make their own food

Question 18

Heterotrophs

Answer 18

consumers that rely on other organisms as a source of energy and carbon

Question 19

Logistic growth

Answer 19

begins exponentially, but slows as the population approaches carrying capacity

Question 20

Carrying capacity

Answer 20

the maximum number