HBio Unit 4: Ecology

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What is the maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support?

Back

Carrying capacity.

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What are mutations a change in?

Back

DNA.

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What is the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

Back

The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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What happens to a population size when resources are not available?

Back

The population will decrease.

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Why does the rabbit population decrease after it increases?

Back

There is not sufficient food for the rabbits to reproduce.

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Define carrying capacity.

Back

The largest number of individuals of a species that an environment can support over time.

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What is population density?

Back

The number of individuals per unit area or volume.

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What is the role of predators in an ecosystem?

Back

Predators help control the population size of prey species.

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What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?

Back

Genotype refers to the genetic makeup, while phenotype refers to the observable traits.

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What is ecological succession?

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The process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.