Chapter 14 Voc

Habitat- all of the ____ and ___ factors in the area where an organism lives.

• biotic and abiotic

• niche and competition

• food and shelter

• abiotic and behavior

What is composed of all the physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive, stay healthy, and reproduce called?

• ecosystem

• niche

• evolution

• biome

When two species are competing for the same resources, one species will be better suited to the niche. This is called?

• niche

• habitat takeover

• competitive exclusion

• surivorship

Species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions are known as.

• niches

• habitat

• symbiosis

• ecological equivalents

What are the two important ways that organisms interact?

• competition and predation

• mutualism and abiotic

• population and random

• biotic and abiotic

What word defines this definition: occurs when two organisms fight for the same limited resources.

• symbiosis

• competition

• population

• abiotic factors

The word that defines this definition: the process by which one organism captures and feeds upon another organism

• predation

• niches

• parasitism

• symbiosis

What word defines a close relationship between species

• competition

• community

• symbiosis

• ecosystem

Both species benefit from one another.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

One receives an ecological benefit from another, while the other neither benefits nor is harmed.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism