BIO 101 - Chapter 37

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Interbreeding members of the same species occupying the same region.

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

Study of the relationships among organisms and the environment.

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

A group of interaction populations.

Question 4

Biotic

Answer 4

Living

Question 5

Abiotic

Answer 5

Non-living

Question 6

Niche

Answer 6

The total of all resources a species requires for its survival, growth, and reproduction.

Question 7

Competition

Answer 7

Two or more species vie for the same limited resources (-/-)

Question 8

Symbiosis

Answer 8

One species living in or on another

Question 9

Mutualism

Answer 9

Symbiosis in which both partners benefit (+/+). Eg. Algae in coral animas; animal pollinators of flowering plants.

Question 10

Commensalism

Answer 10

Symbiosis in which one partner benefits with no effect on the other (+/0). Eg. Moss plants on tree barks

Question 11

Parasitism

Answer 11

Symbiosis in which one partner benefits and the other is harmed. (+/-). Eg. Tick on a deer; tapework in human.

Question 12

Herbivory

Answer 12

Animal consumes a plant or other photosynthetic organism. (+/-)

Question 13

Predation

Answer 13

Animal consumes another animal (+/-)

Question 14

Food chain

Answer 14

A series of organisms that successfully eat one another

Question 15

Trophic Level

Answer 15

An organisms position along a food chain. Trophic levels are defined relative to the ecosystems energy source

Question 16

Food web

Answer 16

a network of interconnected food chains

Question 17

ATP

Answer 17

Adenosine Triphosphate - A molecule whose high-energy phosphate bonds power many biological processes