Ch. 7 Flashcard

Front

The study of the relationship between organisms and their environment best explains which of the following? Biodiversity, Genetics, Ecology, Heredity

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Ecology

Front

What is the third level of organization in ecology? Options: organism, biome, population, biological community

Back

biological community

Front

The biological community and all the nonliving factors that affect it best describes _____

Back

ecosystem

Front

Which of the following best describes a niche? Options: the area where an organism lives, the interactions between organisms in a community, when both organisms in a symbiotic relationship benefit, the role an organism has in its environment

Back

the role an organism has in its environment

Front

Competition is when organisms in an environment use the ____ resources at the same time.

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same

Front

Which community interaction occurs when one organism consumes another for food?

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predation

Front

Which symbiotic relationship is best described as one organism benefiting while the other is neither benefited nor harmed? Options: parasitism, beneficialism, mutualism, commensalism

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commensalism

Front

Why do the parasites in parasitism not kill their hosts?

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they must keep them alive in order for them to survive

Front

True or False: Ecosystems operate around a rough state of equilibrium.

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True

Front

Which symbiotic relationship is best described as one organism benefiting at the expense of another?

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parasitism