Predation/Competition
Symbiosis
Patterns in Communities
Changes in Communities
Other
100
What is predation
What is the act of a predator eating prey
100
The type of interaction where one is harmed and one benefits
What is parasitism
100
The number of species in an area
What is species richness
100
This term describes any harmful change in a community
What is a disturbance
100
when a tick feeds on the blood of a dog
What is parasitism
200
Give an example of a plants adaptation to defend itself
What is thorns, poisonous leaves, tough leaves
200
Type of interaction where both species benefit
What is mutualism
200
Why do areas near the equator have higher species richness
What is more available resources due to better growing conditions
200
This type of succession occurs in the absence of soil
What is primary succession
200
The name given to not native species that harm a community
What is invasive species
300
What is intraspecific competition
What is competition within same species
300
Type of interaction where one species benefits and one is unharmed
What is commensalism
300
This measures the relative abundance of each species/ compares population sizes
What is species evenness
300
This type of succession would occur after a farm is abandoned
What is secondary succession
300
Give an example of commensalism
What is answers will vary
400
When one species reduces the resources another can use it has reduced its _________________
What is niche
400
These symbiotic organisms are part fungus and part photosynthetic organism
What is a lichen
400
Approximately how many of the Earth's species are found within the rainforests
What is half
400
this is the name given to a stable community that has reached maturity
What is a climax community
400
This is a prey adaptation where one species closely resembles another species
What is mimicry
500
What do you call it when one species outcompetes another for resources and eliminates it from a community
What is competitive exclusion
500
These animals have a symbiotic relationship where they give shelter to clownfish and in return get food
What is anemones
500
This refers to the relationship between the size of an area and its species richness
What is species area effect
500
Give 3 properties of pioneer species
What is small, reproduce quickly, grow quickly, tolerant of poor soils
500
Give two reasons that a forest fire may help a forest
What is removes old trees, clears undergrowth, recycles nutrients
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