Science Explorer Environmental Science Ch 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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biotic factor | a living (or once living) part of an organisms’ habitat
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abiotic factor | a nonliving part of an organism’s habitat
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population | all the members of one species in a particular area
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community | all the different populations that live together in an area
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ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
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immigration | entering a population
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emigration | leaving a population
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population density | the number of individuals in an area of a specific size
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limiting factor | an environmental factor that causes a population to decrease
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carrying capacity | the largest population that an area can support
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symbiosis | a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species
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mutualism | a relationship between two species in which both species benefits
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commensalism | a relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
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parasitism | a relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it
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primary succession | the series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist
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pioneer species | the first species to populate an area
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secondary succession | the series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed but where soil and organisms still exist
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