Vocab

Question 1

The parts of earth were life exists

Answer 1

Biosphere

Question 2

Groups of ecosystems with a similar climate

Answer 2

Biomes

Question 3

All the living and not living components of an area

Answer 3

Ecosystem

Question 4

All the various biotic factors in an area

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Community

Question 5

A group of individuals that belong to the same species that live in the same area

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Population

Question 6

Similar organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring

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Species

Question 7

The study of interactions among organisms and their environment

Answer 7

Ecology

Question 8

A non living component of an ecosystem

Answer 8

Abiotic

Question 9

A living component of an ecosystem

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Biotic

Question 10

The variety of biotic and And a biotic factors in an ecosystem

Answer 10

Biodiversity

Question 11

In organisms roll or job in an ecosystem

Answer 11

Niche

Question 12

The number of individuals per unit area

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Population density

Question 13

The spatial distribution of individuals within the population

Answer 13

Dispersion

Question 14

Describes a population that is increasing rapidly

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Exponential

Question 15

Any factor that restrains the growth of a population

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Limiting factor

Question 16

The number of individuals the environment can support over a long period Of time

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Carrying capacity

Question 17

A model of population growth in which the growth slows or stops following a period Of exponential growth

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Logistics growth

Question 18

Powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems occurring when a trophic level in food web is suppressed

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Trophic cascade

Question 19

An organism that helps to define an entire ecosystem

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Keystone species

Question 20

The process in which elements chemical compounds and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and form one part of the biosphere to another

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Biogeochemical cycles

Question 21

A type of succession that occurs when a community forms in an area that was previously uninhabited

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Primary succession

Question 22

A type of succession that occurs in an area that was previously occupied by a community that was destroyed

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Secondary succession

Question 23

The first species to arrive after a destruction of an ecosystem

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Pioneer species

Question 24

A resource that replenishes itself over time

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Renewable

Question 25

A resource that is used faster that it can be replenished

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Non-renewable

Question 26

Meeting human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

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Sustainability

Question 27

The impact that a person has on the admirer

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Ecological footprint

Question 28

A symbiotic relationship were both organisms benefit

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Mutualism

Question 29

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is unaffected

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Commensalism

Question 30

The preying of one animal on an earth

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Predation

Question 31

An interaction between organisms in which both require a resource that is limited in supply

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Competition

Question 32

A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits while the other is harmed

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Parasitism