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General Ecology 1
General Ecology 2
General Ecology 3
General Ecology 4
General Ecology 5
100
Soil, temperature, oxygen, sunlight and water
What are abiotic factors?
100
A place an organism gets food, water and shelter
What is an organism's habitat?
100
Several or many different populations living together
What is a community?
100
A GROUP of organisms that are the same species livig in the same area at the same time.
What is a population?
100
The LIVING things in an ecosystem are called
What are biotic factors?
200
All the pigeons in New York make up a.......
What is a population?
200
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can reproduce.
What is a species?
200
The name of the study of ecosystems?
What is ecology?
200
A single ___________ may have many habitats
What is an ecosystem?
200
An organism that is hunted and killed
What is prey?
300
Sunlight is necessary for this process
What is photosynthesis?
300
The job or role an organism has in the ecosystem
What is a niche?
300
An organism that hunts and kills another.
What is a predator?
300
The place where an organsim lives in an ecosystem; its address.
What is the organism's habitat?
300
The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources.
What is competition?
400
The smallest unit of organization in an ecosystem
What is the "organism"?
400
An organism that lives on or in a host and harms it.
What is a parasite?
400
A close relationship between two species in which at least one benefits.
What is symbiosis?
400
A relationship between two species in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
400
Grass is an example of a ______________ factor in an ecosystem
What is biotic?
500
A relationship in which both species benefit
What is mutualism?
500
The behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environment.
What are adaptations?
500
A deer and a tick is an example of this symbiotic relationship
What is parasitism?
500
A prairie dog, a hawk and a badger are all members of the same......
What is a community?
500
Changes that make an organism better suited for it's environment.
natural selection or adaptation