Ecology chapter 1

A single living thing

• Population

• Community

• Organism

• Ecosystem

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce

• Habitat

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Carrying capacity

Which of these is a BIOTIC factor?

• Air

• Water

• Rock

• Tree

Which of these is an ABIOTIC factor?

• Dog

• Flower

• Mushroom

• Sun

A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

• Ecology

• Prey

• Species

• Community

All the members of one species living in a particular area

• Population

• Immigration

• Mutualism

• Competition

All the different populations that live together in an area

• Ecosystem

• Symbiosis

• Adaptation

• Community

The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment

• Niche

• Ecosystem

• Natural selection

• Predation

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

• Organism

• Abiotic factor

• Population density

• Ecology

The number of births per 1,000 individuals for a given time period

• Immigration

• Death rate

• Birth rate

• Limiting factor