Relationships in Ecosystems : Chap 3 Lesson 2

Fight or struggle for limited resources

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• habitat

• competition

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Any resource that restricts the growth of populations in an ecosystem is a(n) ___________________

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• habitat

• competition

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An organism's ______________ is the place in which it lives and hunts for food.

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• habitat

• competition

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The size of the population that an area can support is its ____________________________________

• limiting factor

• carrying capacity

• habitat

• competition

The specific role that an organism plays within a community is that organism's ________________

• interdependence

• niche

• symbiosis

• mutualism

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The reliance of organisms on one another for survival is known as ___________________

• interdependence

• niche

• symbiosis

• mutualism

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A relationship between organisms that lasts over time is __________________

• interdependence

• niche

• symbiosis

• mutualism

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit is ____________________

• interdependence

• niche

• symbiosis

• mutualism

An example of mutualism is

• lichen

• barnacles

• lamprey

• ticks

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed is _______________

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• niche