Basics of Ecology
This term refers to the variety of life forms in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
The systematic process of gathering information through observation and experimentation is known as this.
What are investigations?
What term refers to the maximum number of individuals of a species that a particular environment can support indefinitely?
Carrying capacity.
What term describes the sequence of organisms through which energy and nutrients are transferred in an ecosystem?
Food Chain
This term describes a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
What are populations?
The process of examining, organizing, and interpreting information to draw conclusions or make decisions is called this.
What is data analysis?
What term describes the environmental factors that restrict the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population within an ecosystem?
Limiting factors.
What term refers to graphical representations showing the flow of energy through different trophic levels in an ecosystem?
Energy Pyramids.
A large geographical area with distinct plant and animal groups adapted to that environment is called this.
What is a biome?
These elements such as habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change influence the diversity of life forms in an ecosystem.
What are factors affecting biodiversity?
What term refers to the adaptations or changes in behavior that organisms exhibit in response to limiting factors in their environment?
Response to limiting factors.
What term describes the ecological process of colonization and establishment of life in an area that was previously uninhabited and lacked soil?
Primary Succession
A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment is known as this.
What are ecosystems?
The number of individuals of a species present in a particular area at a given time is referred to as this.
What is the size of populations?
What term describes a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance?
Keystone species.
What term describes the ecological process of recovery and reestablishment of life in an area that was previously inhabited but disturbed by events like fire or logging?
Secondary Succession.