Module 12

Question 1

Is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their biotic and abiotic environment

Answer 1

Ecology

Question 2

____Factors: other living organisms

Answer 2

Bionic

Question 3

___ factors : cooling

Answer 3

Abiotic

Question 4

The prevailing weather of a region over relatively long periods of time

Answer 4

Climate

Question 5

Short term atmospheric conditions in a limited geographic area

Answer 5

Weather

Question 6

Can be categorized based on the unique climate and ecological features of such regions

Answer 6

Biomed

Question 7

Are land biomes and are usually named after the dominant vegetation in the area

Answer 7

Terrestrial Biomes

Question 8

Are found in water and are classified on the basis of physical and chemical features

Answer 8

Aquatic biomes

Question 9

Is a shrubland biome characterized by cool,rainy winters, and hot dry summers. And dominated by dense growths of scrub oak

Answer 9

Chaparral

Question 10

refers to the total number of different species that live in the community

Answer 10

Species richness

Question 11

describes how common individuals of a species are compared with individuals of other species in the community

Answer 11

Relative species abundance

Question 12

is a description of how even abundance is distributed across each species present

Answer 12

Diversity

Question 13

is an association between two species in which both species benefit more than it costs them to interact with each other

Answer 13

Mutualism

Question 14

a relationship in which one partner benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed

Answer 14

Commensalsim