Carrying Capacity Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of Abiotic?

• A relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other to survive

• A relationship that is helpful to both organisms

• Not living, or produced by nonliving things

• A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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What is the definition of Adaptation?

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• Average weather conditions for a region year after year

• A process where the characteristics of a population change to survive and reproduce better in their environment

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

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What is the definition of Biotic?

• A relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other to survive

• A species that, if removed, would cause major change in an ecosystem

• Living, or produced by living things

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

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What is the definition of Boundary?

• A dividing line

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• Average weather conditions for a region year after year

• A process where the characteristics of a population change to survive and reproduce better in their environment

What is the definition of Carrying Capacity?

• A source or supply that can be used to benefit organisms

• Living, or produced by living things

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• All of the interacting populations in an area

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What is the definition of Climate?

• Average weather conditions for a region year after year

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

• An interaction where one organism captures and eats another

• Occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources

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What is the definition of Commensalism?

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem

• A source or supply that can be used to benefit organisms

What is the definition of Community?

• Living, or produced by living things

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

• All of the interacting populations in an area

What is the definition of Competition?

• A species that, if removed, would cause major change in an ecosystem

• A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped

• Occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources

• The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can support

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What is the definition of Keystone Species?

• The ecological role played by an organism

• A species that, if removed, would cause major change in an ecosystem

• Not living, or produced by nonliving things

• A source or supply that can be used to benefit organisms

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