Biology- Chapter 4&5 Niche and Populations

A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from living together

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

A type of symbiosis in which one organism lives with, on, or in a host and harms it

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

An interaction in which one organism kills another for food or nutrients

• Predation

• Prey

• Competition

• Niche

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How an organism makes its living and interacts with the biotic and abiotic factors in its habitat

• Predation

• Prey

• Competition

• Niche

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The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time

• Predation

• Prey

• Competition

• Niche

An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food

• Predation

• Prey

• Competition

• Niche

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The non-living parts of an organism's environment are called...

• community

• biotic factors

• habitat

• abiotic factors

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What type of factor has an increasing impact as the population size increases?

• density-independent

• density-dependent

• cohort effect

• survivorship factor

Which of the following are examples of a density independent factors?

• forest fire

• seasonal cycles

• storms

• disease

Factors like predation can have a positive benefit to the population of prey organisms because predators tend to keep prey populations below their ___________.

• carrying capacity

• sustainibility number

• exponential growth point

• competition level

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