Principles of Ecology

Front

What is an organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds called?

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Autotroph

Front

What do you call a group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time?

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Population

Front

What is an organism that eats both plants and meat?

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Omnivore

Front

What is the term for the replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time?

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Succession

Front

What type of relationship helps one organism but has no effect on the other?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the term for organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms?

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Heterotroph

Front

What do you call the role or function of an organism within its ecosystem?

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Niche

Front

What is the process called where an ecosystem recovers after a disturbance?

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Ecological succession

Front

What is the term for a community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system?

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Ecosystem

Front

What type of relationship benefits both organisms involved?

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Mutualism