3.1 Study Guide Flash Cards

Question 1

Interspecies Definition

Answer 1

Between species

Question 2

Community Definition

Answer 2

All the living things that live together in one place

Question 3

Community Ecology Definition

Answer 3

The study of interaction among all populations in an environment

Question 4

Niche Definition

Answer 4

The biotic and abiotic resources that a species uses

Question 5

Job of Niche in Community

Answer 5

What, When, Where and How the species use the resources

Question 6

Phytness

Answer 6

How well a species reproduces

Question 7

Realized Niche

Answer 7

1. The actual resources
2. The reality

Question 8

Fundamental Niche

Answer 8

1. The potential
2. Possession of resources a species could use

Question 9

When does Niche partitioning occur?

Answer 9

Niche partitioning occurs when niche overlap becomes costly

Question 10

Gause’s Competition Exclusion Principle

Answer 10

“No two similar species can occupy the same niche at the same time”

Question 11

The meaning of Gause’s Competition Exclusion Principle

Answer 11

If a niche overlaps completely then one of the species will go extinct,

Question 12

Competition Relationship

Answer 12

(Negative/Negative)

Question 13

Mutualism Relationship

Answer 13

(Positive/Positive)

Question 14

Commensalism

Answer 14

(Neutral/ Positive)

Question 15

Predation and Parasitism

Answer 15

(Negative/ Positive)

Question 16

Competition Example

Answer 16

Different types of Elk eat the same type of grass

Question 17

Mutualism Example

Answer 17

Butterfly eats nectar from a flower then spreads the flowers pollen

Question 18

Commensalism Examples

Answer 18

Lincoln algae growing on a tree

Question 19

Predation / Parasitism Examples

Answer 19

A hawk catches a mouse and eats it / A mosquito feeds on a human

Question 20

Endosymbiosis Defintion

Answer 20

One or more species lives inside other species cell (cells inside cells)

Question 21

Symbiosis Definition

Answer 21

Two or more species share a close physical interaction

Question 22

Non-Symbiosis Definition

Answer 22

Interaction of organisms that live apart from one another

Question 23

Factualitive Definition

Answer 23

Receives benefits from relationship but it not required to be in that relationship

Question 24

Obligatory Definition

Answer 24

Species are entirely dependent on each other

Question 25

Coevolution in a Community Definition

Answer 25

Long term adjustments between species

Question 26

Herbivory Definition

Answer 26

The state or condition of feeding on plants.