ES Semester Exam

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What is interspecific competition?

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Attempts by members of two or more species to use the same limited resources in an ecosystem.

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What is a population in ecological terms?

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Group of interbreeding individuals of the same species, usually living together in a group.

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What is commensalism?

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Interaction between organisms of different species in which one type of organism benefits and the other type is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is resource partitioning?

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Process in which different species competing for similar scarce resources evolve specialized traits to share the same resources.

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What does range of tolerance refer to?

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Range of variations in any physical environment under which a population can survive.

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What is intraspecific competition?

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Competition among individuals of the same species for limited resources.

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Define K-selected species.

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Species that produce fewer offspring but invest more resources in raising them.

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Define r-selected species.

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Species that produce many offspring but invest little in their upbringing.

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What is a community in ecology?

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A group of different species living together in a particular area.

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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.