Unit 5

The type of succession where there was no community beforehand.

• Primary

• Secondary

• Type ll

• Type l

Animals that have territories tend to have a ____ distribution.

• Uniform

• Random

• Smaller

• Clumped

An organisms that uses resources from its host but doesn't kill the host usually

• Parisite

• Mimic

• Carnivore

• Detrivore

A method used to estimate population size in highly mobile organisms

• Mark-recapture

• Uniform

• Clumped

• Quadrat

Two species that have the same niche can NOT occupy the same space.

• Competitive Exclusion Principle

• Mimicry

• Symbiosis

• Relative Species Abundance

Species richness is greatest nearer to _____.

• Equator

• Mountains

• Tundra

• Deserts

The community of species that remains stable indefinitely is called a _____ community.

• Climax

• Intermediate

• Pioneer

• Mutualistic

Mortality caused by weather events such as a drought.

• Density-dependent

• Density-independent

• Type 1

• Type 2

The maximum population that a particular environment can sustain.

• Carry Capacity-K

• Shaped Growth Curve-J

• Selected Species-R

• S- Shaped Growth Curve

Elk live in herds, so their population distribution is probably

________.

• Clumped

• Random

• K-Selected

• R-Selected