AP Videos

Question 1

why is soil biotic and abiotic?

Answer 1

contains non living particles, but also decaying remains of dead organisms.

Question 2

types of symbiotic interactions

Answer 2

mutualism - both benefit , commensalism - one benefit, parasitism - one benefit while other is hurt

Question 3

Mutualism and ex

Answer 3

Both species benefit increase chance of both survival - ants and acacia trees, clownfish and sea anemones, pollination (bee and flower)

Question 4

commensalism and ex

Answer 4

one benefit and other not affected - owls nesting in hollows of trees, cattle and egrets

Question 5

parasitism and ex

Answer 5

one benefits and other harmed - fleas and ticks on mammals, intestinal tapeworms

Question 6

limiting resource

Answer 6

abiotic or biotic resource that strains population size

Question 7

vocab - competition between species

Answer 7

interspecific competition

Question 8

resource partitioning and ex

Answer 8

warbler birds have to compete where habitats overlap and overtime their niches diverge.

Question 9

competition within a species - fittest survive

Answer 9

intraspecific competition