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Levels of Ecology
Relationships
Population count
population dynamics
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100
Individuals that are physically similar and can mate with each other to produce fertile young.
What is species
100
Relationship that is close and permanent among organisms of different species.
What is symbiosis.
100
Counting a number of individuals in a small area then multiplying that sample number by the number of small areas that fit in the large area.
What is sampling
100
Is the clculation of birth divided by time.
What is Birth Rate.
100
Any condition in the environment that limits the size of a population or reduces life expectancy.
What is Limiting factors
200
The number of one species in one area.
What is population
200
Relationship between organisms in which both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism
200
Capturing organisms marking them, then releasing them for a period of time before recapturing them is part of this method.
What is Mark/Recapture.
200
Movement of individuals into an area that increases population size.
What is immigration.
200
The calculation of death divided by time.
What is death rate
300
The community that live in an area, along with abiotic factors.
What is ecosystem
300
Relationship between organisms in which one organisms benefits at the expense of another
What is parasitism.
300
A population that roams randomly throughout their ecosystem has this distribution
What is Random
300
If the death rate is higher than a birth rate for a population the population will do this.
What is decrease
300
Study of interactions between organisms and thteir environment.
What is Ecology
400
Grasshoppers living in my backyard.
What is a population
400
When a buffalo moves through the grass it stirrs up insects for the cowbird to eat. This neither harms nor benefits the buffalo.
What is commensalism
400
Humans display this type of population distribution.
What is clumped.
400
An s-shaped population graph depicts a popultion that has reached this.
What is carrying capacity.
400
Air, Dirt, Water
What is abiotic
500
Cherry creek has bull head fish in it that were affected by pollution from runoff of insecticedes in the Tourist park.
What is an ecosystem
500
The mistle toe extracts water and nutrient from the spruce tree.
What is parasitism
500
Corn planted in rows in a feild display this type of population distribution.
What is uniform.
500
A J-shaped curve that takes place when the number of reproductive individuals is high.
What is exponential growth curve.
500
The role & position a species has in its environment.
What is Niche