Dec 10 EOC Review Ecology

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.

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Define carnivore.

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A consumer that eats only other animals.

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What is commensalism?

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An ecological relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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In logistic growth, when is competition for resources highest?

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When the population has reached its carrying capacity.

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If there are 1000 Kcal available in producers, how much energy is available in herbivores?

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100 Kcal.

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What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?

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Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.

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What is mutualism?

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An ecological relationship where both organisms benefit.

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Define parasitism.

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An ecological relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is the role of a predator in an ecosystem?

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Predators help control the population of prey species and recycle nutrients by consuming dead organisms.

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What is competition in ecology?

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