Ecology-Week 2

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What is logistic growth?

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A natural population growth that follows an S-shaped pattern, where growth slows as the population reaches carrying capacity.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A consumer that eats primary consumers, typically carnivores or omnivores.

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What is succession in ecology?

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The sequence of biotic changes that regenerate a damaged community or create a community in a previously uninhabited area.

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What is cooperation in a population?

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The relationship among members of a population that helps one another, such as hunting in packs.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship involving species that directly harms its host, such as worms living in animals.

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What is primary succession?

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The process of ecological change that occurs in an area where no soil exists, such as after a volcanic eruption.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary producers, typically herbivores.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, such as bees pollinating flowers.

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What is commensalism?

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A relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed, such as barnacles on whales.

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.