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9th Bio Chpt 6
9th Grade Honors Biology Chapter 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| habitat | area where an organism lives including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it |
| tolerance | ability of an organism to survive and reproduce under circumstances that differ from their optimal conditions |
| niche | full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions |
| resource | any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space |
| keystone species | single species that is not usually abundant in a community yet exerts strong control on the structure of a community |
| symbiosis | relationship in which two species live close together |
| commensalism | symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
| mutualism | symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship |
| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it |
| ecological succession | series of gradual changes that occur in a community following a disturbance |
| primary succession | succession that occurs in an area in which no trace of a previous community is present |
| pioneer species | first species to populate an area during succession |
| secondary succession | type of succession that occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed by disturbances |
| biodiversity | the total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere; also called biological diversity |
| ecosystem diversity | variety of habitats, communities, and ecological processes in the biosphere |
| species diversity | number of different species that makes up a particular area |
| genetic diversity | sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried by a particular species, or by all organisms on Earth |
| resilience | a natural or human system's ability to recover after a disturbance |
| ecosystem services | a natural or human system's ability to recover after a disturbance |