Download Ch 14 Jeopardy review for test Interactions in ecosystems

Habitat Community Population
Density and
and Niche Interactions Distribution
Population
Growth
Patterns
Ecological
Succession
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Question 1 - 10
• All of the biotic and abiotic factors in the area
where an organism lives
Answer 1 – 10
• Habitat
Question 1 - 20
• All of the physical, chemical, and biological
factors that a species needs to survive, stay
healthy, and reproduce. (role of the organism)
Answer 1 – 20
• Niche
Question 1 - 30
• The principle that states when two species are
competing for the same resources, one
species will be better suited to the niche, and
the other species will be pushed into another
niche or become extinct
Answer 1 – 30
• Competetive exclusion
Question 1 - 40
• Species that occupy similar niches but live in
different geographical regions
Answer 1 – 40
• Ecological equivalents
Question 1 - 50
• Two species that are able to divide the
resources in a niche without competing are
involved in __________________.
Answer 1 – 50
• Niche partitioning
Question 2 - 10
• The process by which one organism captures
and feeds upon another organism
Answer 2 – 10
• Predation
Question 2 - 20
• A close ecological relationship between two or
more organisms of different species that live
in direct contact with one another
Answer 2 – 20
• Symbiosis
Question 2 - 30
• The type of symbiotic relationship in which
both organisms benefit from one another
Answer 2 – 30
• Mutualism
Question 2 - 40
• The type of symbiotic relationship in which
one organism benefits and the other is
unaffected
Answer 2 – 40
• Commensalism
Question 2 - 50
• What is the name for a parasite that lives in
the tissues and organs of the host and feeds
on the nutrients ingested by their host?
Answer 2 – 50
• Endoparasite
Question 3 - 10
• The measurement of the number of
individuals living in a defined space
Answer 3 – 10
• Population Density
Question 3 - 20
• The way in which individuals of a population
are spread in an area or a volume
Answer 3 – 20
• Population dispersion
Question 3 - 30
• The pattern of dispersion in which individuals
may live close together in groups in order to
facilitate mating, gain protection, or access to
food resources
Answer 3 – 30
• Clumped dispersion
Question 3 - 40
• A generalized diagram showing the number of
surviving members over time from a
measured set of births
Answer 3 – 40
• Survivorship curve
Question 3 - 50
• Give an example of each of the three types of
survivorship curves
• Type I: ____________
• Type II: ___________
• Type III: ___________
Answer 3 – 50
• Type I: humans, large mammals, etc.
• Type II: birds, reptiles, etc.
• Type III: fish, amphibians, plants, etc.
Question 4 - 10
• The growth pattern that occurs when a
population size increases dramatically over a
period of time
Answer 4 – 10
• Exponential growth
Question 4 - 20
• Name the 4 factors that need to be considered
when determining the rate of population
growth
Answer 4 – 20
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Immigration
Emmigration
Natality
Mortality
Question 4 - 30
• The growth pattern in which a population
begins with a period of slow growth followed
by a brief period of exponential growth
followed by leveling off at the carrying
capacity
Answer 4 – 30
• Logistic growth
Question 4 - 40
• A dramatic decline in the size of a population
over a short period of time
Answer 4 – 40
• Population crash
Question 4 - 50
• Limiting factors that are affected by the
number of individuals in a given area
Answer 4 – 50
• Density-dependent limiting factors
Question 5 - 10
• The sequence of biotic changes that
regenerate a damaged community or create a
community in a previously uninhabited area
Answer 5 – 10
• Succession
Question 5 - 20
• The establishment and development of an
ecosystem in an area that was previously
uninhabited
Answer 5 – 20
• Primary succession
Question 5 - 30
• The first organisms that live in a previously
uninhabited area such as lichens and mosses
Answer 5 – 30
• Pioneer species
Question 5 - 40
• The reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem
in an area where the soil was left intact
Answer 5 – 40
• Secondary succession
Question 5 - 50
• What is the key factor that allows for
secondary succession to occur much more
rapidly?
Answer 5 – 50
• Soil