IB ESS Unit 2 || with 100% Verified Solutions.

species correct answers a group of organisms sharing common characteristics that interbreed and produce fertile offspring population correct answers a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time, and which are capable of interbreeding habitat correct answers the environment in which a species normally lives abiotic factors correct answers non-living, physical factors that influence the organisms and ecosystem, e.g. temperature, sunlight, pH, salinity, pollutants. biotic factors correct answers the living components of an ecosystem - organisms, their interactions or their waste - that directly or indirectly affect another organism niche correct answers the particular set of abiotic and biotic conditions and resources to which an organism or population responds. fundamental niche correct answers the full range of conditions and resources in which a species could survive and reproduce realised niche correct answers the actual conditions and resources in which a species exists due to biotic interactions. limiting factors correct answers factors which slow down growth of a population as it reaches its carrying capacity carrying capacity correct answers the maximum number of a species or 'load' that can be sustainably supported by a given area aerobic correct answers Chemical reactions that require the presence of oxygen competition correct answers when two or more individual organisms try to exploit a resource that is in limited supply intraspecific competition correct answers competition between members of the same species interspecific competition correct answers competition between individuals of different species competitive exclusion correct answers when interspecific competition results in one species being driven out by the other predation correct answers when one animal eats another animal herbivory correct answers when an animal eats a plant