Question | Answer |
What is ecology? | The study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment. |
What is an individual? | An individual is one organism. |
What is a population? | Made up of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area. |
What is a community? | Made up of all of the populations of organisms that live in an area and interact. |
What is an ecosystem? | Made up of a community of organisms and their abiotic environment. |
What is a biome? | An area where the climate typically determines the plant community, which supports an animal community. |
What is the biosphere? | Made up of all the areas on Earth where organisms are found. |
What is a limiting factor? | a resource that is so scarce that it limits the size of a population. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an environment can support. |
What are the three interactions among organisms? | Competitive relationships, predator and prey relationships, and symbiotic relatioshsips. |
What is competition? | When to or more individuals or populations try to use the same resource. |
What are the four ways to help from getting eaten, or catching prey? | Prey adaptaions, camouflage, defensive chemicals, and warning coloration. |
What are the three types of symbiosis? | Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. |
What is mutualism? | a relationship when both organisms benefit. |
What is commensalism? | a relationship when one organism benefits and the other is unaffected. |
What is parasitism? | a relationship when one organism is harmed, and one benefits. |