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WorksheetsCarrying Capacity Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What is the definition of Interdependent Relationship?
Occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources
The ecological role played by an organism
What is the definition of Limiting Factor?
A relationship that is helpful to both organisms
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
A biotic or abiotic factor that restricts population growth
A single, self-contained entity that performs all life functions
What is the definition of Mutualism?
A relationship that is helpful to both organisms
The ecological role played by an organism
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
Living, or produced by living things
What is the definition of Niche?
A single, self-contained entity that performs all life functions
All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem
A dividing line
The ecological role played by an organism
What is the definition of Organism?
A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem
A single, self-contained entity that performs all life functions
The ecological role played by an organism
What is the definition of Parasitism?
A. A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
B. A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
C. A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
D. An interaction where one organism captures and eats another
What is the definition of Predation?
An interaction where one organism captures and eats another
Not living, or produced by nonliving things
A process where the characteristics of a population change to survive and reproduce better in their environment
The ecological role played by an organism
What is the definition of Resource?
A relationship in which two organisms are mutually dependent on each other to survive
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
Not living, or produced by nonliving things
A source or supply that can be used to benefit organisms
What is the definition of Species?
A species that, if removed, would cause major change in an ecosystem
A source or supply that can be used to benefit organisms
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
What is the definition of population?
All abiotic and biotic members of a community.
All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem
All of the offspring of the organisms in a particular ecosystem.
All of the organisms of different species within a particular ecosystem.
