Living Things and the Environment
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What is abiotic factors
A community of organisms that live in a particular area with their nonliving environment make up an...
What is ecosystem
Most common way individuals leave a population
An insect looking like a leaf to avoid predators is an example of...
What is adaptation
An organism's role in its habitat, how it survives, and how it gets its food
What is niche
A ___________ provides an organism with things it needs to live, grow, and reproduce
What is Habitat
A group of cattle that leaves the herd in search of a better grassland with more food is an example of...
What is emigration
A lack of places to build nests is an example of _______ as a limiting factor for a population of birds
What is space
The two major types of interactions among organisms
What is competition and predation
A vampire bat drinks the blood of horses is what type of symbiosis?
What is parasitism
All members of one species living in a particular area
What is population
Populations increase by births or ....
What is immigration
The largest population that an area can support
What is carrying capacity
A characteristic that makes an organism better suited for its environment
What is natural selection
A bee pollinating a flower is an example of...
What is mutualism
All the different populations that live together in an area
What is community
The struggle of organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources
What is competition
An environmental factor that causes populations to stop growing like food, water, weather, and space are examples of...
What is limiting factors
20 butterflies are in a garden of 10 square meters...
The population density is...
What is 2 butterflies per square meter
A hawk building its nest on an arm of a saguaro cactus is an example of...
What is commensalism
The smallest level of organization in an ecosystem
What is organism
A shark's powerful jaws is an example of...
What is predator adaptation
population density= number of individuals/unit area
Any relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one the species benefits
What is symbiosis
Two ways animals communicate with each other
What is visual and auditory communication