Ecology Chapters 5-7

What is the largest number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support?

• Population

• Habitat

• Carrying capacity

• Biodiversity

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Match the definition to the correct term.

• Density-dependent limiting factors

• A limiting factor that affects the population in similar ways regardless of population density

• Immigration

• Area in which an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it 

• Density- independent limiting factors

• A limiting factor that reduces carrying capacity which depends on population density

• Emigration

• Movement of individuals INTO an area occupied by an existing population

• Habitat

• Movement of individuals OUT of an area

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The area in which an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it, is known as?

• Biodiversity

• Biosphere

• Community

• Habitat

What is the total variety of organisms in the biosphere?

• Population

• Biodiversity

• Biosphere

• Habitat

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Groups of individuals of the same species that live in the same area are called?

• Population

• Group

• Organisms

• Friends

Match the following definitions to their terms.

• Mutualism

• Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship 

• Primary succession

• Succession that occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed by a disturbance 

• Commensalism

• Relationship in which one organism lives inside or on another organism and harms it

• Secondary succession

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

• Parasitism

• Succession that occurs in an area in which no trace of a previous community is present 

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

• Abiotic Factors

• Habitat

• Population

• Niche

A non-native species whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health 

• Predators

• Invasive species

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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