Marine Ecology Review

The natural environment where an organism lives is called its...

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Habitat

What do we call the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment?

• Ecology
• Biology
• Zoology
• Oceanography

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A group of individuals of the same species that live together are known as a...

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Habitat

The collection of all the different populations of organisms living in the same place is called a...

• Organism
• Population
• Community
• Habitat

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Which of the following factors are known for controlling population growth?

• Increase in competition
• Spreading of diseases
• Lack of resources available
• All of the above

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The largest population size that can be sustained by the available resources in an area is known as...

• limiting factors
• population controls
• carrying capacity
• exponential growth

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What is it called when two organisms evolve at the same time in response to one another?

• Coevolution
• Simultaneous evolution
• Convergent evolution
• Divergent evolution

The word that means "living together" and describes the close relationship between two species is known as...

• symbiosis
• commensalism
• parasitism
• mutualism

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What do we call it when two organisms are fighting for the same resources and one will use those resources at the expense of the other?

• Competition
• Mutualism
• Niche
• Parasitism

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What do we call the combination of virtually every aspect of an organism’s lifestyle, including what it eats, where it lives, and how it behaves?

• Competition
• Mutualism
• Niche
• Parasitism

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