Investigating populations & succession

Question 1

define species

Answer 1

a species is a group of closely related individuals, which are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offsprings

Question 2

define population

Answer 2

a population is all the individuals of a given species living together in the same area at the same time

Question 3

define a community

Answer 3

a community is all the individuals of all the species living together in the same area at the same time

Question 4

what is a habitat

Answer 4

habitat is the place where an organism lives within an ecosystem

Question 5

decribe the word niche

Answer 5

it describes where an organism lives and what it does (its role) .

-this includes what it feeds on and how it interacts with other organisms and the environment

Question 6

how would you describe the CARRYING CAPACITY

Answer 6

its the maximum , equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in each stable environment.

birth and death rates are in equilibrium