Chapter 21 Populations and Communities Review

Front

What term describes an organism that only eats plants?

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Herbivore

Front

What is the largest population that an environment can support called?

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Carrying capacity

Front

Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor for a population: food, water, shelter, or time?

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Time

Front

What do we call all the different populations that live together in an area?

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Community

Front

What type of symbiotic relationship involves one species benefiting while the other is harmed?

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Parasitism

Front

What is the term for the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustain?

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Carrying capacity

Front

What is the relationship called where both species benefit from the interaction?

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Mutualism

Front

What is the term for the role and position a species has in its environment?

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Niche

Front

What is the term for a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism

Front

What are factors that limit the growth of a population called?

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Limiting factors