Ecological Relationships

Front

What is the term used to describe ALL of the populations of ALL the species of living organisms within a particular habitat?

Back

Community

Front

What type of ecological relationship involves both species benefiting from the interaction?

Back

Mutualism

Front

What is the term for a consumer that feeds only on other consumers?

Back

Carnivore

Front

What ecological relationship occurs when two individuals compete for the same resource?

Back

Competition

Front

What is the term for an ecological relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What is the term for the role and position a species has in its environment, including all interactions with biotic and abiotic factors?

Back

Niche

Front

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Back

A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass, while a food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains.

Front

What is the term for organisms that produce their own food, typically through photosynthesis?

Back

Producers

Front

What is the ecological term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely?

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Carrying capacity

Front

What type of ecological relationship is exemplified by a tick feeding on a dog?

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Parasitism