Define:
Biotic
living organisms
Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms
Abiotic
Rapid and unchecked growth is also known as ____ growth
Exponential
When both organisms benefit from an interaction it is called...
Mutualism
What is the base/bottom level of the pyramid called?
Organism
Individual living thing
the study of interactions between different organisms and between organisms and their environment or surroundings.
Ecology
The number of species per unit area or volume of the habitat is called...
Population Density
A flea & a dog is an example of...
Parasitism
Name 1 organism that would belong in each of the pyramid layers, in order from bottom to top
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Niche
All the environmental factors and interspecies relationships that influence the species OR how a species interacts with its environment, where it sleeps/uses resources
Animal that feeds on both plants and animals
Omnivore
The natural limit that a population has, represented by a horizontal line on a graph is called...
Carrying Capacity
Only one relationship has a "neutral" for one of the organisms. What is it called?
Commensalism
What is the top layer of the pyramid called?
Tertiary consumers
Community
All living organisms in a given area, made up of multiple populations
Autotrophs. Use light or chemical energy to make food
Producer
anything that constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
Limiting Factor
What is the main/classic example we've used for Commensalism?
Shark & pilot fish
Clownfish & anemone
The position an organism occupies in a food web
Trophic Level
Biogeochemical Cycle
Earth's continuous recycling system for essential elements like carbon, nitrogen, water, and phosphorus, moving them between living (bio) and non-living (geo)
A large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife
Ecosystem
When resources are limited, populations decrease and level off when they hit carrying capacity. What is this type of growth called?
Logistic Growth
Give one example of intraspecific competition, and one example of interspecific competition.
Intra : same species
Intra: different species
If the tertiary consumers receive 680, what is the value of the primary consumers? *MUST INCLUDE UNITS
68,000 kcals