3.1

Question 1

Niche

Answer 1

biotic and abiotic resources a species uses

Question 2

Realized niche

Answer 2

the actual resources an organism uses

Question 3

Fundamental niche

Answer 3

the potential resources an organism could use

Question 4

Mutualism

Answer 4

(+/+)

Question 5

Commensalism

Answer 5

(+/0)

Question 6

Competition

Answer 6

(-/-)

Question 7

Parasitism

Answer 7

(+/-)

Question 8

Predation

Answer 8

(+/-)

Question 9

Herbivory

Answer 9

(+/-)

Question 10

Facultative

Answer 10

receive benefits but can survive apart

Question 11

obligatory

Answer 11

species are entirely dependent on each other

Question 12

What is likely to happen if the niches of two species overlap a little?

Answer 12

They will adapt and partition the overlap

Question 13

What is likely to happen if the niches of two species overlap a lot?

Answer 13

one species may go extinct

Question 14

How can niche partitioning increase the biodiversity of a community?

Answer 14

Animals can co-exist letting multiple species exist in one area

Question 15

What are some ways that species can partition their niches?

Answer 15

Time, food, area

Question 16

endosymbiosis

Answer 16

one or more species living inside another species, cells living inside cells

Question 17

symbiosis
(middle of interaction spectrum)

Answer 17

two or more species share a close physical interaction

Question 18

non symbiosis

Answer 18

interactions of organisms that live apart from each other