Module 8 INTERACTION AND INTERDEPENDENCE

Question 1

Sunlight
Temperature
Precipitation
Water or moisture
Soil or water chemistry (e.g., P, NO3, NH4)

Answer 1

ABIOTIC COMPONENTS

Question 2

Primary producers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores

Answer 2

BIOTIC COMPONENTS

Question 3

a biological category composed of organisms that perform mostly the same kind of function in the system

Answer 3

functional group

Question 4

Those elements whose supply tends to limit biological activity

Answer 4

nutrients

Question 5

branch of science that deals with evolution

Answer 5

Evolutionary biology

Question 6

the ability of a population of living species to increase under ideal environmental conditions

Answer 6

Biotic Potential

Question 7

• lack of food
• lack of water

Answer 7

Environmental Resistance

Question 8

The maximum number of a given species that can be sustained by resources in a given environment

Answer 8

carrying capacity

Question 9

the nutrient supply to the primary producers that ultimately controls how ecosystems function

Answer 9

bottom-up control

Question 10

states that predation and grazing by higher trophic levels on lower trophic levels ultimately controls ecosystem function

Answer 10

top-down control

Question 11

used to describe a major vegetation type such as tropical rain forest, grassland

Answer 11

biome