Population Ecology
A type of limiting factor that does not depend on population size.
What is independent factor?
Relationship between two organisms where only one benefits and the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?
The destruction of forests for resources.
What is deforestation?
Consumer that only consumes other animals.
What is carnivore?
Cycle that involves precipitation and evaporation.
A type of limiting factor that depends on population size of a species.
What is density dependent factor?
Both species benefit from this relationship.
What is mutualism?
Fuels that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What is fossil fuels?
An organism that eats dead organisms.
What is detrivore?
Cycle that involves CO2.
What is carbon cycle?
Type of growth that most natural populations of species have.
What is logistic growth?
Only one species benefits and the other is harmed in this relationship
What is parasitism?
Chemicals that come from spray cans and deplete the ozone layer; was banned internationally
What is CFCs?
An organism that gets food from other organisms.
What is heterotroph?
The bacterial converting of organic nitrogen into ammonia.
What is ammonification?
The maximum amount of organisms an ecosystem can hold and sustain.
What is carrying capacity?
What is competition?
The amplification of the effects of a chemical throughout the food chain.
What is biomagnification?
A self sustaining organism.
What is autotroph?
Used in organisms to create DNA.
What is nitrogen?
Type of growth where organisms in the species are constantly reproducing.
The mannerisms of a species that can cause competition if two are the same.
What is niche?
The pollution of water that involves algal bloom and the depletion of oxygen.
What is eutrophication?
A diagram that shows the distribution of energy through trophic levels in a food chain or food web.
What is ecological pyramid?
Cycle that is mainly driven by bacteria changing the composition of chemicals.
What is nitrogen cycle?