Semester 1 APES Review

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What is the ecological range of tolerance?

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The range of conditions that an organism can endure before injury or death.

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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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What separates different biomes?

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Climate is the main factor that separates the biomes.

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What type of growth is characterized by a J-shaped curve?

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Exponential growth.

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What is a large ecosystem called?

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Biome.

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Define 'niche' in ecology.

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The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem.

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What is logistic growth?

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A type of growth that starts exponentially but slows as the population reaches carrying capacity.

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What is a predator-prey cycle?

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A model that describes the fluctuations in population sizes of predators and their prey.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.