Ecology

Question 1

What is a Niche?

Answer 1

The role an organism plays in their ecosystem

Question 2

What is the competitive exclusion principal?

Answer 2

two different species can’t live in the same niche for two long; one will out compete and replace the other

Question 3

What’s the difference between inter and intraspecific?

Answer 3

interspecific - 2 independent or different species compete for resources
intraspecific - members of the same species compete for a limited resource

Question 4

What is the Biosphere list?

Answer 4

Biosphere→Ecosystem→Community→Population→Organism

Question 5

What is mutualism?

Answer 5

When prey and predator / two animals that are connected in some way both benefit

Question 6

What is commensalism?

Answer 6

When only one organism benefits and the other one neither benefits or is harmed

Question 7

What is parasitism?

Answer 7

When one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Question 8

What is a slow change v fast change?

Answer 8

Slow change→environmental changes that happen gradually
ex. climate change, seasons, continental drift
Fast change→exact same thing except fast

Question 9

What is symbiosis?

Answer 9

Symbiosis→two organisms interacting closely with one another / a relationship