Carrying Capacity
Carrying capacity is.....
The maximum population of living organisms in an area due to the amount of resources available
True or False
The size of an ecosystem affects an organisms population.
True
When a tick attaches to a dog and feeds on its blood, the tick is the parasite. What is the dog called in this relationship?
The host
Biotic
Living or used to be alive
Define symbiosis
Refers to a close and often long-term interaction between different kinds of organism.
True or False: If a population of deer exceeds its carrying capacity, their food supply will likely increase, allowing the population to thrive.
False. The food supply (resource) will likely decrease due to overconsumption, leading to a population crash.
Living organisms and non- living components existing together in an area can also be called a what?
Ecosystem
Is a hawk chasing a mouse an example of competition or predation?
Predation
Abiotic
Not living and has never been alive
Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship where...
Both Benefit
True or False
Competition among organisms does not effect an ecosystems carrying capacity
False
the same species living in the same area is also known as what?
Population
When two different species of trees grow tall to block each other's access to sunlight, is this a direct or indirect form of competition?
Indirect
Name something Biotic and Abiotic from inside the library
Living and non living
Parasitism is a symbiotic relationship where
True or False
Predators can effect an ecosystems carrying capacity
True
What vital process in the Nitrogen Cycle is carried out by bacteria in the soil and on the roots of legumes (like beans) to convert atmospheric nitrogen N2 into usable forms like ammonia?
Nitrogen Fixation
A group of meerkats standing guard and signaling danger to the entire group is an example of what type of interaction?
Cooperative behavior (or cooperation)
Is sunlight a biotic or abiotic factor in a forest ecosystem?
Abiotic (non-living)
Communalism is a symbiotic relationship where...
one benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed
What is an environmental condition, like a lack of food or water, that prevents a population from growing to its full potential?
Limiting factor
Which of the following flows through ecosystems in one direction?
Water-Energy-Carbon-Nitrogen
Energy
What must be limited in an ecosystem for any competition between organisms to occur?
Resources (food, water, shelter, mates, sunlight, etc.)
When an organism dies, what process breaks down the dead matter and wastes, returning nitrogen compounds (and carbon) back to the soil?
Decomposition
Living organisms or different species living together in an area can be called what?
Community