Re-Test CHAPTER 4 VOCABULARY TEST: ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES

day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors

• climate
• weather
• greenhouse effect
• niche

interaction in which one animal (the herbivore) feeds on producers (such as plants)

• carivore
• predation
• herbivory
• resource

average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time

• climate
• weather
• greenhouse effect
• habitat

interaction in which one organism (the predator) captures and feeds on another organism (the prey)

• herbivory
• predation
• commensalism
• competitive exclusion principle

process in which certain gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor) trap sunlight energy in Earth’s atmosphere as heat

• herbivory
• weather
• climate
• greenhouse effect

principle that states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time

• predation
• resource
• competitive exclusion principle
• habitiat

area where an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it

• habitat
• resource
• niche
• address

any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space

• limiting factor
• resource
• habitat
• greenhouse effect

single species that is not usually abundant in a community yet exerts strong control on the structure of a community

• symbiosis
• niche
• pioneer species
• keystone species

full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions

• niche
• habitat
• ecosystem
• symbiosis