Marine Ecology Flashcard

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What type of species interaction occurs when both species benefit?

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Mutualism

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Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor in the marine environment?

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Water

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What is a population?

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The total number of one species in an area.

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What is competitive exclusion?

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When one organism successfully outcompetes another organism and excludes it from a particular area or niche.

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What type of interaction occurs when two species help each other survive?

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Mutualism.

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Define abiotic factors in marine ecology.

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is the difference between a population and a community?

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A population consists of one species, while a community includes multiple species.

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What is predation?

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An interaction where one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is resource partitioning?

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The division of resources by species to reduce competition.

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What is commensalism?

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A type of interaction where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.