Ecology Vocab
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved
Mutualism
a slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species
variation
seasonal movement of animals from one region to another
Migration
Organisms changed because they wanted to survive.
Lamark, Darwin, or Both?
Lamark
What block had 17 pieces of ziti with tweezers?
Block B
a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
Biome
a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring
species
an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and negatively alters its new environment
Invasive Species
Certain traits help organisms survive and reproduce better than other organisms without those traits.
Lamark, Darwin, or Both?
Darwin
In the beans and tweezers graph, who had a higher amount, block D or block I?
Block I
an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm
Commensalism
a person who studies plants and animals by observing them
Naturalist
the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation
Carrying Capacity
Parents are only able to pass on traits they are born with.
Lamark, Darwin, or Both?
Darwin
Out of all of the clothes pin bar graphs, which "seed" had the highest average, and what was it?
Ziti, 22
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
Adaptation
an adaptation in which one species looks like another species
Mimicry
the environmental factor that is of predominant importance in restricting the size of a population
Limiting factor
Organisms are still changing.
Lamark, Darwin, or Both?
Both
What block had the lowest amount recorded out of all of the line graphs for the tweezers?
G
interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both
Symbiosis
the process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations
Natural Selection
originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native
Indigenous
Parents are able to pass on at least some of their traits to their offspring.
Lamark, Darwin, or Both?
Both
In the clothes pin graphs, what is the difference in the amount of beans for block D and the amount of rice for block B?
12
(18-6)