Chapter 33 & 34

Question 1

Biotic potential

Answer 1

The potential growth a population of living things can expect if it were living under ideal environmental circumstances. It is when the population just keeps on growing and growing.

Question 2

Abiotic components

Answer 2

non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment

Question 3

Biomagnification

Answer 3

the increase in concentration of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in the tissues of organisms at successively higgher levels in a food chain

Question 4

Biomass

Answer 4

the total quanity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume

Question 5

Biotic components

Answer 5

living things that shape an ecosystem

Question 6

Biotic potential

Answer 6

An estimate of the maximum capacity of living things to survive and reproduce under optimal environmental conditions.

Question 8

Boom-Bust Cycle

Answer 8

A population that repeatedly and regularly increases and decreases in size.

Question 9

Carrying capacity

Answer 9

largest number of individuals of a particular species that can survive over long periods of time in a given enviroment, this level depends on the effect of the limiting factors

Question 10

Commensalism

Answer 10

A form of symbiosis between two organisms of different species in which one of them benefits from the association whereas the other is largely unaffected or not significantly harmed or benefiting from the relationship.

Question 11

Communities

Answer 11

An ecological unit composed of a group of organisms or a population of different species occupying a particular area, usually interacting with each other and their environment.