Ecology Concepts and Populations Quiz

A community and its abiotic conditions.

A group of organisms of the same species living in a certain area at a certain time.

<p>The environment in which a species normally lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A number of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The role an organism plays in its community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The place of an organism in a food chain or web.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism which makes its own food using inorganic sources of carbon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism which requires pre-formed organic molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first trophic level in a food chain which provides the energy for subsequent levels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism which gets its nutrients and energy by ingesting other organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of interacting populations in a certain area.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An animal that consumes decomposing organic particles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feeds by secreting digestive enzymes onto its food source and absorbing the products of digestion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maximum average/biomass of organisms that can be sustained by an area in the long term.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sampling method used to ensure that every individual in a studied area has an equal chance of being observed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of cumulative change of heritable characteristics of a population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of interaction where a primary consumer feeds upon a producer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of interaction where a consumer feeds upon another consumer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organism living in or on a host and obtaining food from it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of interaction where two species compete if the amount one species uses reduces the amount available to the other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of interaction where members of different species live in a close relationship from which both benefit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The full potential range of factors a species can use if there is no competition from other species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The part of its fundamental niche that a species actually occupies.</p> Signup and view all the answers