Niches and Community Interaction Quizizz

What is the definition of a niche?

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

• The tolerance of an organism to environmental conditions

• The place where an organism lives

What are resources in the context of a niche?

• Any necessity for life and essential to survival

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

• The tolerance of an organism to environmental conditions

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What is competition in an ecological context?

• When an organism attempts to use the same limited ecological resource in the same place at the same time

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

• The tolerance of an organism to environmental conditions

What is the competitive exclusion principle?

• No two species can occupy the same niche in exactly the same habitat at the exact same time

• When an organism attempts to use the same limited ecological resource in the same place at the same time

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

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What is the predator-prey relationship?

• Predators can affect the size of prey populations in a community and determine the places prey can live and feed

• When an organism attempts to use the same limited ecological resource in the same place at the same time

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

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What is the prey-plant relationship?

• Herbivores can affect both the size and distribution of plant populations in a community and determine the places that certain plants can survive and grow

• Predators can affect the size of prey populations in a community and determine the places prey can live and feed

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

• The ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances

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What is a keystone species?

• A single species that can cause dramatic damage in the structure of a community

• Herbivores can affect both the size and distribution of plant populations in a community and determine the places that certain plants can survive and grow

• Predators can affect the size of prey populations in a community and determine the places prey can live and feed

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

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What is mutualism?

• Both species benefit

• One species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped

• One species benefits and the other is harmed

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

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What is commensalism?

• One species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped

• Both species benefit

• One species benefits and the other is harmed

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

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What is parasitism?

• One species benefits and the other is harmed

• Both species benefit

• One species benefits while the other is neither harmed nor helped

• The range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives

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