Environmental science ecology
what is abiotic
physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
A mechanism of evolution that involves inherited variations or adaptation.
What is natural selection?
The name for an animal that hunts and kills other animals
What is a predator?
An organism that eats meat
carnivore
When both benefit
mutualism
a living thing that can make its' own food
producer/plant
An organisms ability to survive and thrive in an environment based on available resources
What is biotic potential?
2 organisms that help one another. Both benefit from this relationship.
What is mutualism?
abiotic
a tick on a deer
parasitism
the amount of energy that gets passed on to the next trophic level
10%
The term used to describe the max amount an environment can support itself and its organisms without overuse.
What is carrying capacity?
A tick on a human is an example of this.
What is parasitism?
the name of the organisms that come second on a food web
primary consumers
a barnacle and a whale
commensalism
What is the term for a group of organisms of the same kind capable of breeding.
Species
Ratio of death in an area
What is death rate?
The Cattle Egret lives in Cow pastures eating the bugs that could potentially harm the Cows. They get food and the cows get protection.
What is mutualism?
The species and habitat that change over time
when two organism fight over the same resource
competition
All of the member of a species living in the same area at the same time.
What is a population
Birth rate, death rate, lack of food, lack of resources which make it difficult to grow a population in an area.
What is a limiting factor?
Commensalism
What is the relationship between 2 organisms where one is unharmed and the other benefits in some way.
The organisms that come first on a food web
producers
a close relationship between 2 organisms of different species
symbiosis