BIO Chapter 4 VOCAB

A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.

• commensalism

• mutualism

• parsitism

• competition

Dark region in a body of water where no photosynthesis occurs; below the photic zone.

• aphotic zone

• greenhouse effect

• photic zone

• coniferous

A species in which a change in its population causes a dramatic change in the structure of the community.

• pioneer species

• keystone species

• secondary succession

• greenhouse effect

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A succession that occurs in an area where remnants of a previous ecosystem, such as soil, remain.

• secondary succession

• primary succession

• keystone species

• estuary

The first species to arrive and colonize a barren area.

• pioneer species

• keystone species

• tolerance

• permafrost

Any relationship in which two organisms live closely together.

• symbiosis

• deciduous

• permafrost

• herbivory

A layer of permanently frozen subsoil found in the tundra.

• herbivory

• deciduous

• permafrost

• estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it.

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• herbivory

Material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter.

• estuary

• humus

• symbiosis

• permafrost

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A plant that sheds its leaves during a particular season.

• deciduous

• permafrost

• coniferous

• symbiosis