Vocabulary

Question 0

Fern

Answer 0

Seedless vascular plant.

Question 1

Fundamental Niche

Answer 1

Conditions whereby a species could live.

Question 2

Dominant Species

Answer 2

Big effect on ecosystem, proportionate to biomass. Example: bees.

Question 3

Generation Time

Answer 3

Average time between birth of an individual and the birth of their offspring, or their sexual maturity.

Question 4

Distribution

Answer 4

Refers to where a population is.

Question 5

Androhybiosis

Answer 5

Type of cryptobiosis due to extreme dessication.

Question 6

Tetrapod

Answer 6

Vertebrate with four limbs.

Question 7

Commensalism

Answer 7

Symbiotic relationship whereby one individual benefits and the other is unaffected.

Question 8

Keystone Species

Answer 8

Species which has a disproportional effect on the ecosystem compared to their biomass. Example: engineers - elephant.

Question 9

Realized Niche

Answer 9

Where a species actually lives, dependent upon competition.

Question 10

Lotic

Answer 10

Flowing freshwater system, such as a river.

Question 11

Moss

Answer 11

Non vascular plant.

Question 12

Chemoheterotrophs

Answer 12

Use organic compounds as building blocks and energy.

Question 13

Survivorship

Answer 13

of survivors in a population with respect to age.

Question 14

Photoautotrophs

Answer 14

Use light for energy, inorganic molecules as source of carbon.

Question 15

Density

Answer 15

of individuals living per unit area/volume.

Question 16

Abundance

Answer 16

of individuals in a population.

Question 17

Competition

Answer 17

Organisms of different species compete for the same resources.

Question 18

Hypoxic

Answer 18

Low oxygen environment.

Question 19

Iteroparity

Answer 19

Lesser investment per round, but many rounds.

Question 20

Parasitism

Answer 20

Symbiotic relationship whereby one individual benefits and the other is adversely affected. Example: a leech on a human.

Question 21

Anoxic

Answer 21

Environment without oxygen.

Question 22

Symbiosis

Answer 22

Individuals from two or more species which live in close association.

Question 23

Lentic

Answer 23

Still freshwater system, such as a dam.

Question 24

Mutualism

Answer 24

Both species benefit from association with one another. Example: bees and flowers.

Question 25

Predation

Answer 25

Interaction between species where one kills and eats the other. Example: lion and antelope.

Question 26

Homology

Answer 26

Sharing of trait due to shared common ancestry. Example: pentadactyl limb.

Question 27

Analogy

Answer 27

Sharing of a trait due to independent evolutionary origins. Example:

Question 28

Halophile

Answer 28

Individual that can tolerate high salinity, an extremophile.

Question 29

Photoheterotroph

Answer 29

Use light for energy and inorganic compounds for carbon.

Question 30

Semelparity

Answer 30

Big investment in either quality or quantity. Example: Northern quoll.

Question 31

Life

Answer 31

Composed of organized matter capable of undergoing reproduction and natural selection.