Ch 4 & 5 Review

Front

What is the total amount of living tissue in a trophic level?

Back

Biomass

Front

What is a limiting factor whose influence changes with population density, including competition, predation, and disease?

Back

Density Dependent Factor

Front

What do we call any part of an ecosystem that is living or used to be living?

Back

Biotic Factor

Front

How are organisms arranged within an area?

Back

Population distribution

Front

What is a nonnative species that spreads widely and negatively impacts a community?

Back

Invasive species

Front

What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

Back

Carrying Capacity

Front

What is the process by which nitrogen is converted into a usable form for plants?

Back

Nitrogen Fixation

Front

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

Back

Biodiversity

Front

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

Back

Niche

Front

What is the term for the interaction where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism