Section 3.1: Community Ecology

Question 1

community

Answer 1

a group of interacting populations that occupy the same area at the same time

Question 2

limiting factor

Answer 2

any abiotic factor or biotic factor that restricts the number, reproduction, or distribution of organisms

Question 3

tolerance

Answer 3

the ability of any organism to survive when subjected to abiotic factors or biotic factors

Question 4

ecological succession

Answer 4

the change in an ecosystem that happens when one community replaces another as a result of changing abiotic and biotic factors

Question 5

primary succession

Answer 5

the establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not have any topsoil

Question 6

climax community

Answer 6

the stable, mature community that results when there is little change in the composition of species

Question 7

secondary succession

Answer 7

the orderly and predictable change that takes place after a community of organisms has been removed but the soil has remained intact