Unit 6: Ecology

Question 1

Between the same species

Answer 1

Intraspecific

Question 2

Fighting over a resource

Answer 2

Competition

Question 3

Occurs when one organism hunts another organism to consume

Answer 3

Predation

Question 4

Between different species

Answer 4

Interspecific

Question 5

Occurs when 1 organism in the relationship benefits without affecting the other one

Answer 5

Commensalism

Question 6

Occurs when both species in the relationship benefit in some way

Answer 6

Mutualism

Question 7

Occurs when 1 organism in the relationship benefits while harming the other one

Answer 7

Parasitism

Question 8

A species that has vital importance to its community; without the keystone species, the community would drastically differ

Answer 8

Keystone Specific

Question 9

“living together” occurs when 2 different species have a close relationship within a community.

Answer 9

Symbiosis

Question 10

The entire planet, including the land, ocean, and atmosphere, and all living things.

Answer 10

Biosphere

Question 11

An organism’s role/job within its habitat

Answer 11

Niche

Question 12

A group of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support.

Answer 12

Carrying Capacity

Question 13

A collection of different populations living and interacting within an ecosystem

Answer 13

Community

Question 14

A single organism

Answer 14

Species

Question 15

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organism

Answer 15

Biome

Question 16

Refers to the number of individuals per unit area

Answer 16

Population Density

Question 17

Includes the area and its factors where an organism lives

Answer 17

Habitat

Question 18

Plankton that lives on the water’s surface

Answer 18

Neuston

Question 19

Eats plants and meat

Answer 19

Omnivore

Question 20

“Plant-like” plankton

Answer 20

Phytoplankton

Question 21

Carbon dioxide +water + hydrogen sulfide = oxygen + sugar +sulfur

Answer 21

Chemosynthesis