#10🎯 Final/Keystone Flashcardizz Review: Ecology

Front

What are organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources such as the sun?

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Producers or Autotrophs

Front

What type of growth is characterized by a rapid increase in population size?

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Exponential growth

Front

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

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Carrying capacity

Front

What is the process called when an ecosystem develops from bare rock after a volcanic eruption?

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Primary succession

Front

What is the term for the sequence of changes that regenerate a damaged area in an ecosystem?

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Secondary succession

Front

What are organisms that obtain energy by consuming other organisms called?

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Consumers or Heterotrophs

Front

What type of growth is characterized by a population that stabilizes after reaching carrying capacity?

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Logistic growth

Front

What is the term for the factors that limit the growth of a population?

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Limiting factors

Front

What is the relationship called between predators and their prey?

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Predator-prey relationship

Front

What type of succession occurs in an area where soil is already present?

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Secondary succession