Ecology Study Guide Complete Questions And 100% Correct Verified Answers.
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Course
ECOLOGY
Institution
ECOLOGY
Ecology - correct answer The study of how organisms interact with their environment
Biotic Factor - correct answer The living factors in an ecosystem
Abiotic Factor - correct answer ...
Ecology - correct answer The study of how organisms interact with their
environment
Biotic Factor - correct answer The living factors in an ecosystem
Abiotic Factor - correct answer The non-living factors in an ecosystem
Organism - correct answer One individual living thing
Population - correct answer A group of organisms in a specific area that are all
the same species
Community - correct answer All the organisms in a specific area
Ecosystem - correct answer All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
Biosphere - correct answer All of the biotic and abiotic factors on earth
Habitat - correct answer An organism's specific environment, with
characteristic abiotic and biotic factors
Deforestation - correct answer Clearing of forest for agriculture, lumber, or
other uses
Global Warming - correct answer Rise in earth's average temperature
, Eutrophication - correct answer Rapid growth of algae in bodies of water, due
to high levels of nitrogen and often phosphate
Bio magnification - correct answer Process by which pollutants become more
concentrated in successive tropic levels of a food web
Population density - correct answer Number of individuals of a particular
species per unit area or volume
Exponential Growth - correct answer An increase often due to limiting factors
having low impact
Limiting Factor - correct answer Condition that restricts a population's growth,
such as space, disease, and food availability
Carrying Capacity - correct answer Number of organisms in a population that
an environment can maintain
Density-Dependent Factor - correct answer Impact populations when the
population density is high
Density-Independent Factor - correct answer Impact individuals in a
population regardless of density
•natural disasters
Age-Structure - correct answer Proportion of people in different age groups in
a population
Ecological Succession - correct answer Series of changes in the species in a
community, often following a disturbance
Primary Succession - correct answer Process by which a community arises in a
virtually lifeless area with no soil
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