Ecology Review

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What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?

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Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.

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What is the largest population that an environment can support called?

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Carrying capacity.

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Which biome is characterized by extremely cold and dry conditions?

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Tundra.

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What abiotic factors do algae and plants use to produce their own food?

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Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

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What do you call an organism that produces its own food from inorganic compounds?

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Autotroph.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is parasitism?

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

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What is a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

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Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the number of individuals in a population.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must consume other organisms.