Honors Ecology

A population is...

• A group of one species in one area

• Multiple species that live in one area

• All of the living and nonliving things in an area

• None of these

What is a host?

• An organism that shares a resource

• An organism on which a parasite lives

• An organism that hunts prey

• An organism that provides shelter for another organism

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All the green plants that provide the energy for consumers.

• Primary consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Herbivores

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An organism that feeds on a living host

• parasite

• predator

• herbivore

• producer

Predation

• An interaction in which both organisms benefit

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other does not care

• An interaction in which one organism kills another for food

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

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Mutualism

• An interaction in which both organisms benefit

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other does not care

• An interaction in which one organism kills another for food

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

The diagram shows the transfer of energy from one organism to another

• Food web

• Ecosystem

• Food chain

• Energy Pyramid

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A non-living factor in an ecosystem

• Biotic

• Producer

• Abiotic

• Limiting factor

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Commensalism

• An interaction in which both organisms benefit

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other does not care

• An interaction in which one organism kills another for food

• An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Habitat

• An ecosystem

• Place where an organism lives

• Living conditions of organisms

• Where an animal hunts