Mod 4, IQ1: What effect can one species have on the other species in a community?

Question 1

Abiotic Factors

Answer 1

The non-living factors of an ecosystem.

Air/water quality, soil/water pH, temperature, salinity

Question 2

Biotic factors

Answer 2

The living factors of an ecosystem - the interactions between different living things

Predation, competition, disease, symbiotic relationships

Question 3

Ecological niches

Answer 3

The set of abiotic and biotic environmental conditions in which a species can live.

Question 4

Competition

Answer 4

The presence of one organism can limit the distribution (range/where) and abundance (number) of another species.

Question 5

Intraspecific competition

Answer 5

Interactions and competition between individuals of the SAME species.

Question 6

Interspecific Competition

Answer 6

Interactions and competition between individuals of DIFFERENT species.

Question 7

Predation

Answer 7

An interaction in which one species (the predator) kills and eats the other (the prey).

Question 8

Disease

Answer 8

Any process that adversely affects the normal functioning of tissues in a living organism.

Question 9

Symbiotic relationships