Species
What is the science that studies how organisms relate to each other and their environment?
Ecology
What refers to the number of individuals per unit area in a population?
If two elephants have a contest over a resource what type of relationship (competition) occurs?
Intraspecific
What type of relationship occurs when several species live together in an ecological community?
Symbiosis
Humans and other animals get their energy by which process?
Cellular respiration
In which organizational level of ecology do organisms transfer energy?
Ecosystem
A population's ________________ determines whether the population increases, decreases or stays the same.
What relationship occurs between an organism who hunts and eat another organism?
Predation
If two species live in the same community and both species are benefiting, what type of relationship is the result?
Mutualism
What are the two (2) ways an autotroph can produce its food?
If you are given seagrass, fish, sand, a coral reef and water, how many are abiotic factors?
2
What are two (2) ways you can increase a population's size?
Birth and immigration
If a lion and a hyena compete for the same resources what type of relationship occurs?
A tapeworm living in the gut of another species is what type of relationship?
Parasitism
What shows the amount of energy contained within each trophic level within a food chain or web?
What is an organism's job/role called?
What type of population dispersion would fish have in the ocean?
Clumped
How many types of symbiosis are there?
3
In a community where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected, ______________ occurs.
Commensalism
What is the first level of autotrophs in a food chain or web called?
Primary producers
What are the 6 organizational levels of ecology in order from largest to smallest?
What is the maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support?
Carrying capacity
What type of relationship occurs when an organism has a crucial role in the way its ecosystem functions?
Keystone species
What type of symbiosis? Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers. The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.
Mutualism
Humans are what type of consumers?
Omnivores