Ecology Vocab Quiz #2

relying on other populations for survival and growth

• Interdependence

• Competition

• Limiting factor

• Competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

when the same species work together to help each other survive

• Predator

• Cooperation

• Prey

• Limiting Factor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

an organism that hunts, captures, and consumes another organism for food

• Food chain

• Autotroph

• Predator

• Prey

An organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism

• Food chain

• Autotroph

• Predator

• Prey

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

regulates the growth of the population by determing the carrying capacity

• Limiting factor

• Carrying capacity

• Food Web

• Species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

size of the population that can be supported by an ecosystem

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Food Web

• 1 million

when organisms in an ecosystem try to obtain the same sources

• Niche

• Detritivore

• Competition

• Carrying Capacity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

competition between members of the SAME species

• INTRAspecific competition

• INTERspecific competition

• Sibling rivalry

• niche

competition between members of DIFFERENT species

• INTERspecific competition

• INTRAspecific competition

• Sibling rivalry

• Niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

the ROLE of the organism in its environment

• INTERspecific competition

• Niche

• INTRAspecific

  Competition

• Carnivore