Population

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

Made up of all the members of a single species living together in the same place at a given time

Question 2

Community

Answer 2

Group of different species that occurs at the same place at the same time

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

An area where plants, animals, and abiotic factors work together to form life

Question 4

Niche

Answer 4

Species occupy a niche within a habitat, to which they are adapted.

Question 5

Habitat

Answer 5

A specific localised area of the environment where organisms live

Question 6

Carrying capacity

Answer 6

an ecosystem can only support a certain sized population of species

Question 7

Mark release recapture

Answer 7

1. Capture a sample of the pop and mark each individual (n1)
2. Count them
3. Release all of the samples back into the wild, and let them re-integrate with the population
4. Go back and capture a 2nd sample from the same pop (n2), count them, and count how many individuals are marked(nm)
   POP size=n1xn2/nm