Ecology
Scientific Method
Vocabulary
Population
Relationships
100
Predator
What is the animal that eats the prey
100
observations that use senses
What is qualitative observations
100
the study of organisms and their interactions with their environment
What is ecology?
100

the number of something in a given area

What is population?

100

This term means non-living

What is abiotic.

200
The animal that gets eaten
What is prey
200
25 cars, 6 students, 2 teachers. These are examples of what observations?
What is quantitative observations.
200

Define carrying capacity

What is the maximum population that a given environment can sustain.

200

Will competition increase or decrease carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

What is decrease the carrying capacity.

200

This term means living

What is biotic

300
All organisms get their energy from
What is the sun
300

Why is following lab rules and and wearing safety gear absolutely necessary with all labs?

What is to keep anyone from getting hurt.

300
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
What is organism
300

What is one way to decrease the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

Predation, Water availability, competition, disease, parasitism, nutrient availability, temperature.

300

When one organism benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed. 

What is commensalism?
400

How do adaptations benefit an organism?

An adaptation makes an organism more fit to survive in its environment.

400

What is the base unit of measurement for length

meter

400
a resource or environmental condition that limits the growth
What is limiting factor
400
An increase of predators in an environment will decrease the population of
What is prey
400

The clownfish and the anenome. What type of symbiotic relationship?

What is mutualism?

500
The role of this organism is to break down dead organisms.
What is decomposers.
500

Using the ladder method convert 650 km to m

650,000 m

500
What type of graph would you use to graph a change over time?
What is line graph
500

What is the carrying capacity shown on the graph?

1.6 Million

500

the role or job an organism plays in its environment.

What is niche

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