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Ecology Quiz

TermDefinition
ecology study of organisms and their interactions with their enviroments
Organism an individual living thing
Population includes Biological community and its surrounding physical enviroment
Biological Community made of all populations living and interacting in one area
Ecosystem includes biological community and its surrounding physical enviroment
Biosphere the part of Earth that supports life- all ecosystems are found here
habitat a particular type of environment where an organism can survive
Factors that define a habitat Temperature and Percipitation
Critical factor the factor that plays the greatest role in determining an organisms range
Biodiversity the number of different species within an ecosystem or area
Logistic Growth Takes shape of S. stabilize at carrying capacity
What causes population growth to slow down environmental resistance
Density-Dependent Factors affect dense populations. Ex. Disease
Density- Independent Factors affects all populations similarly Ex. natural disaster or climate change
Physical adaptation structural differences in coloration, body shape
Behavioral apdaptation migration, marking territory
Physiologic adaptation occur at cell or tissue level such as skin tanning
Exponential growth Takes the shape of J
Overshoot When a population surpasses carrying capacity
dieback after the overshoot, the population will decrease drastically
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