ecosystems

Question 1

ecosystem

Answer 1

interaction between living things and their surroundings

Question 2

biotic factors

Answer 2

living things in the environment (animals, plants, bacteria, fungi)

Question 3

abiotic factors

Answer 3

non living things in the environment (water, air, soil, light intensity, weather, temp, rain…)

Question 4

prey/predator relationship

Answer 4

interaction between two species where one species is the hunted food source for the other

Question 5

competition

Answer 5

when two organisms share the same niche and are competing for resources

Question 6

interspecific

Answer 6

competition between the same species

Question 7

infraspecific

Answer 7

competition between different species

Question 8

niche

Answer 8

habitat with all the resources and role of the organism

Question 9

exclusion

Answer 9

when the dominant species kills the competing one (one out of two results of competition)

Question 10

resource partitioning

Answer 10

when the competing organisms find a way to share the resources in the environment (one out of two results of competition)

Question 11

symbiosis

Answer 11

interaction between two different organisms living in the same ecosystem

Question 12

mutualism

Answer 12

when both organisms benefit from the symbiotic relationship

Question 13

commensalism

Answer 13

when only one organism benefits from the relationship but the other is not harmed

Question 14

parasitism

Answer 14

when one organism is benefiting from the relationship but the other is harmed

Question 15

species

Answer 15

a group of organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring

Question 16

population

Answer 16

a group of individuals of the same species living and breeding within the same area

Question 17

community

Answer 17

group of different populations living together and interacting