FA23 Bio06 Vocab Quiz

Area where an organism lives including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it.

• habitat
• niche
• competitive exclusion principle
• symbiosis

Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce under circumstances that differ from their optimal conditions.

• tolerance
• resource
• keystone species
• commensalism

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

• niche
• competitive exclusion principle
• symbiosis
• mutualism

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

• resource
• keystone species
• commensalism
• parasitism

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

• competitive exclusion principle
• symbiosis
• mutualism
• ecological succession

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

• keystone species
• commensalism
• parasitism
• primary succession

Relationship in which two species live close together.

• symbiosis
• mutualism
• ecological succession
• pioneer species

Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

• commensalism
• parasitism
• primary succession
• secondary succession

Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship.

• mutualism
• ecological succession
• pioneer species
• biodiversity

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it.

• parasitism
• primary succession
• secondary succession
• ecosystem diversity