vocab ch. 2

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environments (temp, virus, water

Question 2

niche

Answer 2

all aspects of how an organism makes makes its living

space, activity, food, resources, repro

Question 3

individual

Answer 3

one animal within species

Question 4

population

Answer 4

group of interacting individuals of same species in given area

Question 5

community

Answer 5

groups of individuals of more than 1 species in a given area

Question 6

ecosystem

Answer 6

biotic and abiotic factors of a given area

• biotic–predation, herbation, disease, parasitism
• abiotic–temp, water, ph levels, substrate

Question 7

biosphere

Answer 7

all portions of the earth where life exists

Question 8

producers

Answer 8

(autotrophs) organisms that photosynthsize

Question 9

carnivores

Answer 9

secondary, tertiary consumers

Question 10

herbivores

Answer 10

primary consumers

Question 11

decomposers

Answer 11

detritivores

Question 12

photosynthesis

Answer 12

metabolic pathway in which inorganic compounds that are converted to organic compounds

Question 13

symbioses

Answer 13

close/intimate association between individuals of different species

Question 14

parasitism

Answer 14

symbiotic relationship in which individual of one species benefits and the individual of the other species is harmed

Question 15

commensalisms

Answer 15

symbiotic relationship in which individual of one species benefits and the individual of the other species in unaffected

Question 16

mutualism

Answer 16

symbiotic relationship in which individuals of both species benefit

Question 17

amensalism

Answer 17

an asymmetric competitive interaction between two species in an ecological community in which only one on the species is affected

Question 18

etoparasite

Answer 18

external

Question 19

endoparasite

Answer 19

internal