Question | Answer |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |
What is a habitat? | An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
What is an organism? | A living thing. |
What is a biotic factor? | The living parts of a habitat. |
What is an abiotic factor? | The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil) |
What is a species? | A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other |
What is a population? | A group of organisms in a particular area |
What is a community? | All the different populations that live together in an area. |
What is an ecosystem? | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors |
What is ecology? | The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment |
What is immigration? | Moving into a population. |
What is emigration? | Moving out of a population. |
What is population density? | The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
What is a limiting factor? | An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease. |
What is a carrying capacity? | The largest population that an area can support. |
What is natural selection? | A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
What is adaptation? | A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
**The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat. |
What is a niche? | The role of an organism in its habitat. |
What is competition? | The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
What is predation? | An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
**Predator hunts for their food |
What is symbiosis? | A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one |
What is mutualism? | A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit
**mutual means "share... you both get something" |
What is commensalism? | A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
What is parasitism? | A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it.
Example: tick on dog |
What is succession? | The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME |
What is PRIMARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist. |
What is a pioneer species? | The first species to populate an area.
**Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America. |
What is SECONDARY succession? | The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist. |