Chp 14 - Interactions in Ecosystems

All of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Competition

• Predation

• Niche partitioning

An organisms role in an ecosystem.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Behavior

• Competition

• Symbiosis

Which of the following are included in the niche of an organism? Check all which apply.

• Food

• Temperature range of survival

• Behavior

• Amount of water needed

The success of an organism depends on their ability to ___________.

• Obtain food

• Obtain shelter

• Obtain water

• Reproduce

• All of the above

Competitive exclusion states that.... Check all which apply.

• When 2 organisms compete one will lose

• When 2 organisms compete one will be better adapted

• When 2 organisms compete they both can't survive unless they have resource partitioning

The Amazon is able to have so much biodiversity because the organisms exhibit...

• Niche partitioning

• Evolutionary responses

• The inability to adapt

• All of the above

• Both niche partitioning and evolutionary responses

Close ecological relationship between two or more organisms of different species in direct contact with one another.

• Biodiversity

• Symbiosis

• Niche partitioning

• Ecological equivalents

• None of the above

Two organisms of different species fighting for the same resource.

• Interspecific competion

• Intraspecific competion

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Amensalism

Two organisms of the same species fighting for the same resource.

• Interspecific competion

• Intraspecific competion

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Amensalism

One organism feeding off another organism by capturing it.

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Amensalism