When more than one organism use the same resource at the same time.
What is competition?
100
Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the same time.
What is a population?
100
Orderly and predictable change that occurs after a community of organisms has been removed, but the soil is still intact.
What is secondary succession?
100
The average weather conditions in an area.
What is climate?
100
Initial phase of slow growth due to the number of organisms available to reproduce.
What is the lag phase?
200
The close relationship that exists when 2 or more species live together.
What is symbiosis?
200
A group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area a the same time.
What is a biological community?
200
Volcanic eruptions building new land is an example of _____________ succession.
What is primary succession?
200
Distance of any point north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
200
Depends on the number of population members per unit area.
What is density-dependent?
300
The act of one organism consuming another for food
What is predation?
300
The relatively thin layer of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life.
What is the biosphere?
300
Fastest species to rebuild land.
What are pioneer species?
300
Plants and animals exhibit variations in ____________, or the ability to survive and reproduce under conditions that differ from their optimal conditions.
What is tolerance?
300
Produce as many offspring as possible in a short time.
What are R-Strategists?
400
Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unharmed.
What is commensalism?
400
A biological community and all the abotic factors that affect it.
What is an ecosystem?
400
A stable, mature community that results when there is little change in the number of species.
What is a climax community?
400
A complex on terrestrial communities that covers a large area and is characterized by certain soil and climate conditions and particular assemblages of plants and animals.
What is a biome?
400
The maximum number of organisms in a population that an environment can support for the long term.
What is the carrying capacity?
500
Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the other's expense.
What is parasitism?
500
List the organization of the biosphere.
What is Organism, Population, Biological Community, Ecosystem Biome and Biosphere?
500
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
What is ecological succession?
500
The components of climate, temperature and precipitation, can be summarized in a graph called____________.