1.1 Ecosystems

Question 1

Individual and give example.

Answer 1

single organism, elk

Question 2

Population and give example

Answer 2

a group of single species, heard of elk.

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

all of the living organisms within a region.

Question 4

Ecosystems

Answer 4

All living and non living things in an area.

Question 5

Biome

Answer 5

Large area with similar climate conditions that determine the plants and animals that live there.

Question 6

Competition

Answer 6

organisms fighting over a resource like food or shelter; limits population size.

Question 7

Predation

Answer 7

one organism using another for energy source

hunters, parasites, even herbivores

Question 8

Mutualism

Answer 8

relationship hat benefits both organisms

coral reefs

Question 9

Symbiosis

Answer 9

any close and long-term interaction between two organisms of different species.

Question 10

What are the three symbiotic relationships?

Answer 10

1. mutualism
2. commensalism
3. Parasitism

Question 11

Type of interaction that is (-/-)

Answer 11

competition

Question 12

Types of relationship that is (+/-)

Answer 12

Predation and parasitism

Question 13

Type of interaction that is (+,+)

Answer 13

Mutualism

Question 14

Type of relationship that is (+/0)

Answer 14

commensalism

Question 15

Herbivores

Answer 15

eat plants for energy

Question 16

true predators

Answer 16

are carnivores, they kill and eat there pray for energy.

Question 17

Parasites

Answer 17

use the host organism for energy often without killing the host and often living inside the host.

Question 18

Parasitoids

Answer 18

lay the eggs inside a host organism; eggs than hatch and the larvae eat the host for the energy.

Question 19

Way to reduce competition among species

Answer 19

Resource partitioning

Question 20

What is resource partitioning?

Answer 20

different species using the same resource in diff. ways to reduce competition.

Question 21

What is temporal partitioning?

Answer 21

occurs when competing species use the same resource at different times.

Question 22

Spatial partitioning

Answer 22

occurs when competing species utilize the same resource by occupying different regions

Question 23

Morphological Partitioning

Answer 23

occurs when two species have evolved slightly different structures to utilize the same resource.