Ecosystems Interrelationships

Calculate the Simpsons biodiversity index of the community below correct to one decimal place (use pen and paper to draw a table)

Sea holly: 2

Sand Couch: 8

Sea bindweed: 1

Sporobolus pungens: 1

Echinophora spinosa: 3

Total: 15

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

scientific study of all the interrelationships between organisms and their environment.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

a group of interacting populations that live in the same geographic area at the same time

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a biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it

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a close association formed between pairs of species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

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a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the expense of another organism

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the role, or position, of an organism in its environment

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the division of resources to avoid interspecies competition for limited resources in an ecosystem

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a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither helped nor harmed

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