Vocabulary
The relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
What is ecology?
Any substance or condition that is harmful to living things
What is a pollutant?
Any living things
What are organisms?
A place where an organism has an advantage over other organisms
What is a preferred habitat?
A place where an organism lives and all of its needs are met
What is a habitat?
Treeless wetland found near shores of lakes, rivers, and streams.
What is a marsh?
The two basic habitat needs of a plant
What are proper sunlight and space to grow?
How individual organisms adapt to their environment
What is organismal ecology?
The maximum number of organisms in a population an area can support
What is carrying capacity?
Low-lying area near slow flowing river with trees and vines
What is a swamp?
The three purposes of shelter in an animal's habitat
What are hiding, nesting, raising young?
Examines interactions between different populations within a community
What is community ecology?
The five characteristics of an organism
What are made of cells, reproduce, grow and develop, respond to environment, and use energy.
The number of individual organisms of one species in a given area
What is population density?
The four types of freshwater ecosystems
What are, streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands?
Three good characteristics for any habitat
What are acceptable climate, enough space, food, water, gases (nutrition)?
The proportion of individuals of different ages
What is age structure?
The number of individuals that die at certain ages
What is mortality pattern?
Water hardness is determined by the amount of these two substances
What are magnesium and calcium?
The four main categories of ecology
What are organismal, population, community, and ecosystem?
Four factors that impact population density
What are light, temperature, nesting space, food/nutrients?