Science Study Guide

What is the definition of Food Chain?

• a diagram that shows part of the energy flow in a

  community

• a type of consumer that hunts other organisms

  for food

• an organism that is hunted for food by another

  organism

• an organism that gets energy by eating dead

  organisms

What is the definition of predator?

• an organism that is hunted for food by another

  organism

• a type of consumer that hunts other organisms

  for food

• an organism that gets energy by eating other

  organisms

• the size of a population compared to the amount

  of space available

What is the definition of Prey?

• the size of a population compared to the amount

  of space available

• an organism that gets energy by eating dead

  organisms

• an organism that is hunted for food by another

  organism

• an organism that gets energy by eating other

  organisms

What is the definition of Detritivore?

• the potential growth of a population in perfect

  conditions with no limiting factors

• the size of a population compared to the amount

  of space available

• an organism that gets energy by eating other

  organisms

• an organism that gets energy by eating dead

  organisms

What is the definition of Consumer?

• an organism that gets energy by eating other

  organisms

• the size of a population compared to the amount

  of space available

• the potential growth of a population in perfect

  conditions with no limiting factors

• when a population is larger than the carrying

  capacity

What is the definition of population density?

• the potential growth of a population in perfect

  conditions with no limiting factors

• the size of a population compared to the amount

  of space available

• when a population is larger than the carrying

  capacity

• what a species does in its habitat to survive

What is the definition for Biotic Potential?

• a close relationship between two species that

  involves an exchange of or energy

• what a species does in its habitat to survive

• the potential growth of a population in perfect

  conditions with no limiting factors

• when a population is larger than the carrying

  capacity

What is the definition of overpopulation?

• what a species does in its habitat to survive

• a close relationship between two species that

  involves an exchange of or energy

• all the butterflies in one species in a rainforest

• when a population is larger than the carrying

  capacity

What is the definition of Niche?

• what a species does in its habitat to survive

• a close relationship between two species that

  involves an exchange of or energy

• instinctive seasonal movement of a population

  from one place to another

What is the definition of Symbiosis?

• instinctive seasonal movement of a population

  from one place to another

• what a species does in its habitat to survive

• a close relationship between two species that

  involves an exchange of or energy