Growth of Organisms Quiz Review

An environmental factor that tends to limit population size

• Limiting factors

• Biological factors

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

Things that result from the specific alleles carried by an individual

• Environmental factors

• Genetic factors

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

Non-living factors that impact an ecosystem

• Environmental factors

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Genetic factors

Any living factor that has an effect on an ecosystem

• Abiotic factor

• Genetic factor

• Environmental factor

• Biotic factor

A community or a group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment

• Community

• Ecosystems

• Population

• Organisms

Any factor, whether abiotic or biotic, that influences living organisms

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors

• Genetic factors

• Environmental factors

A process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment by increasing the frequencies of alleles that provide benefits to survival + reproduction

• Growth

• Survival

• Adaptations

• Reproduction

Process of increasing in size and maturity

• Survival

• Growth

• Reproduction

• Biotic factor

A self-contained living thing

• Organism

• Infant

• Animal

• Insects

Which of the following is NOT an environmental factor?

• Fire

• Hurricane

• Strong roots

• Heat wave