MRS BAGGET CHAPTER 2

Question 1

The scientific discipline in which the relationships among living organisms an the interactions the organisms have with their environment are studied

Answer 1

Ecology

Question 2

Proportion of earth that supports life

Answer 2

Biosphere

Question 3

The living factors in an organisms environment

Answer 3

Biotic Factor

Question 4

Any nonliving factor in an organisms environment such as soil, water temperature, and light availability

Answer 4

Abiotic Factors

Question 5

Individual organisms of a single species

Answer 5

Population

Question 6

Biological community and all the nonliving factors that affect it

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 6

All the interacting populations of different species that live in the same geographic locations at the same time

Answer 6

Biological Community

Question 7

A large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and have similar communities

Answer 7

Biome

Question 8

Physical area in which on organism lives

Answer 8

Habitat

Question 9

A role an organism has in its environment

Answer 9

Niche

Question 10

Act of one organism feeding on another organism

Answer 10

Predation

Question 11

Close, mutualistic, parasitic, or commensal association between two or more species that live together

Answer 11

Symbiosis

Question 12

Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefit matter flow through an ecosystem

Answer 12

Mutualism

Question 13

Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped or harmed

Answer 13

Commensalism

Question 14

Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism

Answer 14

Paratism