Chapter 10- Ecology

Question 1

The interactions between organisms and their environments affect what?

Answer 1

Survival and distribution of the organisms

Question 2

True or False: Organisms within a community with each other in very complex ways.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

All populations of organisms living in a defined area is what?

Answer 3

Community

Question 4

The physical place where an organism lives is what?

Answer 4

Habitat

Question 5

The resources (biotic and abiotic) an organism uses for survival, growth and reproduction is what?

Answer 5

Niche

Question 6

Populations demand specific resources to survive. These resources can affect population growth if they are in short supply. These resources that have the ability to affect the growth of a population are called what?

Answer 6

Limiting resources

Question 7

The limiting resources can include, but are not limited to what five things?

Answer 7

1. Nutrients
2. Light
3. Space (habitat)
4. Oxygen or carbon dioxide
5. Inorganic compounds

Question 8

Ecology is the interaction between what?

Answer 8

Organisms and their environments