genetics,populations, evolution and ecosystems

Question 1

species`

Answer 1

organisms can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

Question 2

population

Answer 2

group of the same species in the same area

Question 3

ecosystem

Answer 3

the community and the non- living aspects

Question 4

habitat

Answer 4

small part of ecosystem where a population lives

Question 5

what are all the biotic factors

Answer 5

other species that compete for resources, other species that cause disease or parasites, other species used for food, other species that are predators

Question 6

what is a niche

Answer 6

the niche of a species is its role in the community, the specific biotic and abiotic factors that a species depends on for its survival

what it eats, where it eats, and when it eats niches can be abiotic or biotic and niches can be separated by time, location and behaviour

Question 7

interspecific competition

Answer 7

between different species. The more similar the niches , the more competition

Question 8

what is intra specific competition

Answer 8

within a species. Animals often have their own territories to reduce this competition but there is usually competition for a mate.