Population Growth Factors

What type of interaction is characterized by one organism benefiting while the other is neither benefited nor harmed?

What is the functional unit of nature that varies greatly in size?

What type of organisms are dependent on plants for both oxygen and food?

What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

What is the term for organisms that feed on primary consumers?

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

What is the primary factor that determines the type of population growth model in a given environment?

What is the term for the movement of individuals into a habitat from elsewhere?

Which type of population interaction involves one species benefiting at the expense of another?

What is the term for the number of deaths in a population in a given time period?

What is the primary function of autotrophs in an ecosystem?

In which type of population growth model does the population grow rapidly in the absence of limiting factors?

What is the term for the interaction between different species in which both are harmed?

What type of ecological pyramid represents the total mass of organisms at each trophic level?

What is the term for the variety of plant and animal life on earth?

What is the type of ecological succession in which plants and animals first colonize a barren piece of land?

What is the main difference between primary and secondary ecological succession?

What is the function of the pyramid of productivity in an ecosystem?

What is the relationship between species richness and area on a logarithmic scale?

What is a consequence of loss of biodiversity in a region?

What percentage of the total atmospheric oxygen on earth is provided by the Amazon forests?

What is the term for the protection and conservation of a variety of animals and plant species in their natural habitat?

What is the primary cause of global warming?

What is an example of ex-situ conservation?

What is a common consequence of environmental issues?

What is a cause of loss of biodiversity?

What is pollution defined as?

Why should biodiversity be conserved?

What is the role of birds, bees, and butterflies in the ecosystem?

What is the result of the increase in the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?