study guide

Question 1

Habitat

Answer 1

An environment that provides the things that organism needs to live, grow and reproduce

Question 2

Biotic factor

Answer 2

living part of a habitat

Question 3

abiotic

Answer 3

non living part of a habitat

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

the studied of how living thing interact with each other and the environment

Question 5

population

Answer 5

all the member of one species in a particular area , along with there non living surrounding

Question 6

community

Answer 6

all the different populations that live together in an area make up

Question 7

Ecosystem

Answer 7

the community of organism that live in a particular area , along with their non living surrounding

Question 8

Predation

Answer 8

an interaction in which one organism is kills another for food

Question 9

symbiosis

Answer 9

is a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species

Question 10

parasitism

Answer 10

involves one organism living on or inside another organism and harming it

Question 11

primary succession

Answer 11

is a series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist

Question 12

secondary succession

Answer 12

is the genies of change that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but not where soil and organism still exist

Question 13

what are limiting factors for population

Answer 13

food, water , and space

Question 14

In which type of interaction do both species benefit

Answer 14

mutualism

Question 15

what is the series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time

Answer 15

adaptation

Question 16

Grass is an ex. of what type of factor in a habitat

Answer 16

biotic

Question 17

what is the number of individuals in a specific area?

Answer 17

population

Question 18

what is an organism’s specific role in it’s habitat

Answer 18

niche

Question 19

name one biotic factor that lives in a forest

Answer 19

ex.deer

Question 20

name one abiotic factor that lives in a forest

Answer 20

ex. rock

Question 21

what does an organism need to live, grow and reproduce in an environment

Answer 21

food, water, and shelter

Question 22

what are the three limiting factors for population

Answer 22

weather , food , space

Question 23

what are the three major types of interactions among organism

Answer 23

competition, predation, and symbiosis

Question 24

lichens and moss growing on rocks is an ex. of which type of succession

Answer 24

primary succession

Question 25

list the 4 stages of an ecosystem

Answer 25

organism
population
community
ecosystem

Question 26

identify the three types of symbiosis and give an ex. of each

Answer 26

mutualism - saguaro and long- eared bat
commensalism saguaro and red-tail fox
parasitism flea and dog