Vocab/Info of Ecosystem Structure

Question 1

population

Answer 1

a group of like species that live in the same habitat

Question 2

community

Answer 2

a collection of all living organisms in every trophic level who live in the same habitat

Question 3

ecosystem

Answer 3

includes all living organisms in a habitat and the land, water and air resources that make up their environment

Question 4

ecological niche

Answer 4

the combination of all behaviors that an organism uses to decrease competition and increase access to resources, leading to its survival

Question 5

resource partitioning

Answer 5

when species feed in a separate territory or region to avoid competition

Question 6

range of tolerance

Answer 6

represents the gap of acceptable conditions the species will feed, live, migrate to

Question 7

keystone species

Answer 7

very important, extinction would lead to extinction of many other species

Question 8

edge effects

Answer 8

a change in species composition, physical conditions, or other ecological factors at the boundary between two ecosystems

Question 9

genetic biodiversity

Answer 9

a variety of DNA alleles or variations within a population

Question 10

ecosystem biodiversity

Answer 10

a variety of microecosystems or habitats for organisms to

occupy- more opportunity for specialization and resource partitioning

Question 11

species biodiversity

Answer 11

a community has a large variety of different species- creating more complex and healthy food webs and species interactions