Community Interactions

Front

What is the term for the interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association?

Back

Symbiosis

Front

What do we call many species of organisms that live in a specific area?

Back

Community

Front

What is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Back

Leaves

Front

What happens to an ecosystem if the population of deer becomes much larger?

Back

Other herbivores may starve and die out.

Front

If the amount of food or resources available increases, what happens to the carrying capacity for an animal?

Back

It increases.

Front

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

Back

Carrying capacity

Front

What type of interaction benefits one organism while the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism

Front

What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

Back

Biotic factors are living components of an ecosystem, while abiotic factors are non-living components.

Front

What role do producers play in a community?

Back

Producers convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.