Question 1

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

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Ecology

Question 2

The largest population size that an area can support

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carrying capacity

Question 3

group of same species in the same area

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Population

Question 4

2 or more populations in the same area

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Community

Question 5

Earth ; planet where life exists

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biosphere

Question 6

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit

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mutualism

Question 7

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected

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commensalism

Question 8

factors that limit the growth of a population

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limiting factors

Question 9

limiting factors that depends on population size ; large populations MOST affected

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density-dependent factors

Question 10

limiting factors that do NOT depend on population size

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density-independent factors

Question 11

increase the population size

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births and immigration

Question 12

decrease the population size

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deaths and emigration

Question 13

this amount of energy makes it to the next trophic level

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10%

Question 14

this amount of energy is lost as heat, survival, growth and reproduction

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90%

Question 15

organism that eats both plants and meat

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omnivore

Question 16

organism that makes its own food

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producer

Question 17

organism that must eat its food

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consumer

Question 18

organism that eats only animals/meat

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carnivore

Question 19

organism that eats only plants

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herbivore

Question 20

color pattern to blend in with surroundings

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camouflage

Question 21

color pattern that stands out as a warning

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aposematism

Question 22

Place where an organism lives

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habitat

Question 23

An organism's role in an ecosystem, or how it survives

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niche

Question 24

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten (one-way feeding pattern)

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food chain

Question 25

A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains (complex feeding pattern)

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food web

Question 26

species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions

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ecological equivalents

Question 27

succession with no soil (bare rock) or species

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primary succession

Question 28

succession with soil and some species

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secondary succession

Question 29

variety of life (decreases with competition)

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biodiversity

Question 30

breaks down dead organisms into nutrients (bacteria & fungi)

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decomposer

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