Definitions
all the populations that live in a certain place
What is a community
predator - prey is this kind of relationship
What are three things that all habitats provide for their inhabitants?
Food, water and shelter
The smallest population that can be supported in a given area is the area's carrying capacity.
False (It is the largest population that an area can support).
decomposition
group of the same kind of organisms living in a certain place
What is a population?
remora fish and shark is this kind of relationship
symbiotic
What is the habitat of a whale?
The ocean.
An anthill is a habitat
True
Which of the major biomes is located around the equator
The tropical rainforest
The non-living parts of an ecosystem
What is abiotic?
A mistletoe vine and an oak tree is this kind of relationship
Parasitism
Woody woodpecker lives in what kind of habitat?
A forest
Some rattlesnakes can survive in the arctic.
False
Deciduous forests and grasslands are both in what biome?
Temperate
The living parts of an ecosystem
What are biotic?
When a predator population increases, the prey population usually
decreases
The habitat for a snake could include a hole in the ground, gophers and
some form of water
Climate and weather are the same thing.
False
Name three of the seven major biomes of the world.
Any three of the following: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, temperate grassland, savannas, tropical rainforest, and deserts
An organisms role or job in its habitat
What is a niche?
Conditions that keep a population from growing larger.
What are limiting factors?
Would a hippopotamus naturally live in a tropical or desert habitat?
tropical
A biome is a large region that has similar types of plants and animals regardless of where it is located on Earth.
True
The chapparal is another biome that is found where
coastal areas with dry summers