Intro

Question 0

Define population.

Answer 0

Population- members of a certain species live in a specific area and share the same resources

Question 1

What are the differences between community and an ecosystem?

Answer 1

Community- population of different species living in the same area

Ecosystem- variety of biotic and abiotic thins that interact within a certain environment

Question 2

Name and give detail to the 3 types of symbiosis.

Answer 2

Symbiosis- an association or interaction within a certain population between members of a different species

Commensalism- one organism benefits from the other and the other does not benefit and is not harmed in anyway.

Mutualism- both organisms benefit from each other in the relationship

Parasitism- one organism benefits and the victim/other organism is harmed

Question 3

Give examples for each type of symbiosis.

Answer 3

C- Barnacles on a whale
M- luncheon growing in arctic tundra- algae and fungi benignity
P- lice on a human

Question 4

Define niche.

Answer 4

Describes the interrelationship of a species or population in an ecosystem

Question 5

How are abiotic or physical environment important to a niche?

Answer 5

The abiotic or physical environment is also part of the niche because it influences how populations affect, and are affected by, resources and enemies.

Question 6

Define Differentiation or Separation.

Answer 6

The action which enables competing species to share resources by accessing these resources in different ways.

Question 7

Define interdependence.

Answer 7

Interdependence is when a species depends on other species to preform different roles. All living organisms are included.

Question 8

Define resource partitioning.

Answer 8

That is the action which enables competing species to share the resources by accessing these resources in different ways, involving less competition. (Birds eat fruit on tree, bugs eat barks and leaves.)