Unit 9 Ecology

The study of relationships between living organisms and their environment.

• Cooperation

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

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A relationship within certain populations that work together for a common goal.

• Community

• Competition

• Cooperation

• Commensalism

The part of the Earth where living organism are found.

• Biosphere

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

The maximum number of organisms that can be supported in a given environment.

• Climax Community

• Limiting Factor

• Exponential Growth

• Carrying Capacity

A symbiotic relationship in which only one species benefits but the other is neither helped nor harmed.

• Commensalism

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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Unrestricted population growth that follows a J-shaped curve

• Logistical Growth

• Limiting Factor

• Exponential Growth

• Limited Growth

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Match the following

• Herbivore

• An animal that eats only plants

• Climax Community

• An animal that eats only other animals

• Immigration

• A process in which individuals leave a population

• Emigration

• A stable and mature community

• Carnivore

• A process in which individuals enter a population

Match the following.

• Competition

• The interaction among organisms to better obtain resources or mating opportunities over others in order to survive.

• Limiting Factor

• A community of living organisms plus their nonliving environment.

• Habitat

• An area with distinct characteristics where an organism lives.

• Community

• Things that limit how many organisms can live in a population.

• Ecosystem

• All the different populations of different species living in the same place at the same time.

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Limiting factors that depend on the number of organisms in a population; examples include food, water, habitat are called ​ (a)   ​

• Density Dependent Factors
• Density Independent Factors

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Limiting Factors that do NOT depend on the number of organisms in a population; examples include natural disaster and human activities​ are called (a)  

• Density Independent Factors
• Density Dependent Factors