Habitats, Niches and Species

What type of species can withstand a wide variety of environmental conditions?

• Generalist

• Specialist

• Fundamentalist

• Realist

What is the term for a place an organism lives?

• Species

• Community

• Niche

• Habitat

What is the term that refers to an interaction where one species kills another species?

• Predation

• Displacemet

• Symbiosis

• Population

What type of species can withstand a narrow range of environmental conditions?

• Generalist

• Specialist

• Fundamentalist

• Realist

The phenomenon that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at exactly the same time

• niche

• habitat

• predator-prey relationships

• competitive exclusion principle

the state or condition of feeding on plants

• predator

• prey

• herbivory

• resourcing

A century ago, hunters nearly eliminated otters across much of their range. After that, kelp forests up and down the couch vanished. Without otters preying on sea urchins, urchin populations skyrocketed. Armies or urchins devoured kelp. Without kelp forests as habitats, fishes, seabirds, and many other species disappeared. In this community, otters function as

• symbiotic species

• mutualistic species

• commensalistic species

• keystone species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In a deciduous forest habitat of Canada, there are populations of deer, oak trees, foxes and rabbits. Which level of organization best describes this description

• ecosystem

• biomes

• community

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following shown in the habitat below could be idefified and abiotic factor

• rocks

• tiger

• parrot

• plants

An invasive species is an species that...

• is non-native and causes harm

• could be native and causes harm

• is non-native

• all are incorrect

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5