Ecology Introduction

Front

What is the role an organism plays in its environment called?

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Niche

Front

What do we call a group of very similar organisms that can mate and reproduce offspring of the same type?

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Species

Front

What is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment?

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Ecology

Front

What term refers to one specific member of a population?

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Organism

Front

What is the largest level of ecological classification?

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Biosphere

Front

What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

Front

What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural Selection

Front

What is the term for the physical place where an organism lives?

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Habitat

Front

What is the term for a relationship between two species in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the term for a relationship between two species in which both benefit?

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Mutualism