Unit 2: Ecology Test Review

Front

What does the prefix 'hydro' mean?

Back

Water

Front

Are animals a factor that produces Earth's major climate zones?

Back

FALSE

Front

What is the relationship where one species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What is an example of a positive human action that helps increase the size of a population?

Back

Medicine

Front

What does a habitat provide for an organism?

Back

Food, water, shelter, and a place to reproduce.

Front

Define ecology.

Back

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

Front

What is mutualism?

Back

A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.

Front

What is parasitism?

Back

A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

Front

What is competition in ecology?

Back

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

Front

What is an ecosystem?

Back

A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.