Ecology
What is the term for a single living thing?
individual
What biome is divided into fresh and salt
aquatic
What type of symbiotic relationship is classified as a (+/-)?
parasitic
What type of organism makes its own food?
Producer
Define biotic
living thing
What is the ecological term for the place where an organism lives?
Habitat
What biome does Alberta fall into primarily?
Grassland
A symbiotic relationship that is (+/+) is known as what?
Mutualistic
How are food chains and food webs different?
A food web is more complex and shows the relationship between all organisms in an ecosystem
All of the living things in a given location is classified as what?
a community
A population examines what?
The number of a certain species in a given area
What biome gets the highest amount of annual percipitation?
Forest
The relationship between a fox and a rabbit would be...
Predation
What type of consumer eats both meat and plants?
Omnivore
The term for the relationship when 2 organisms are working against each other is known as what?
Oppositional
Define ecosystem
The interaction between living and nonliving things in a specific area
What is the factor that determines if a biome is a desert?
amount of annual precipitation
The relationship between a tree and a bird nesting in it would be...
Commensalistic
What is the difference between a decomposer and a detritivore?
Decomposer = chemical breakdown
Detritivore = physical breakdown
An organism that is non-native is known as what?
invasive
What are the 2 requirements for an organism to be considered a species?
1) Look similar
2) Produce fertile offspring
What biome is also known as a treeless plain?
Tundra
What are the 2 types of competition?
Intraspecific (intraspecies)
Interspecific (interspecies)
On a food chain what type of organism would be located on the third tropic level?
secondary consumer
metabolic waste