Unt 1: The Living World

Question 1

Relationship between two species in an ecosystem

Answer 1

Symbiosis

Question 2

Interaction where two species benefit

Answer 2

Mutualism

Question 3

Interaction where one species benefits, and the other is neutral

Answer 3

Commensalism

Question 4

Interaction where one species benefits and the other is harmed

Answer 4

Parasitism

Question 5

Occurs within a species when there are limited resources

Answer 5

Competition

Question 6

Division of resources to avoid competition

Answer 6

Resource partitioning

Question 7

Organisms that produce their own food / nutrients

Answer 7

Autotrophs

Question 8

Organisms that rely on eating others for nutrients

Answer 8

Heterotrophs

Question 9

An organism incapable of photosynthesis

Answer 9

Consumer

Question 10

Carnivore that eats primary consumers

Answer 10

Secondary consumer

Question 11

Last consumer of an organism

Answer 11

Tertiary consumer

Question 12

Total amount of solar energy that producers capture & convert via photosynthesis over a period of time

Answer 12

GPP (Gross Primary Productivity)

Question 13

Energy captured by producers minus the energy producers respire

Answer 13

NPP (Net Primary Productivity)

Question 14

A location where nutrients reside for various amounts of time

Answer 14

Reservoir

Question 15

Earth’s reservoirs are …

Answer 15

Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere

Question 16

Movement of nutrients between reservoirs

Answer 16

Flux