Chapter Something Vocab

Question 1

maximum number of different organisms that the ecosystem can support

Answer 1

Carrying Capacity

Question 2

stable end point of succession

Answer 2

Climax Community

Question 3

a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Answer 3

Commensalism

Question 4

a relationship between two species in which both species benefits

Answer 4

Mutualism

Question 5

a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, and the host is harmed

Answer 5

Parasitism

Question 6

a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established

Answer 6

Pioneer Species

Question 7

succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life

Answer 7

Primary Succession

Question 8

an act in which one species, the predator, feeds on the prey

Answer 8

Predator/ Prey

Question 9

a gradual process of change and replacement in a community

Answer 9

Ecological Succession

Question 10

the process by which one community replaces another

Answer 10

Secondary Succession