5 Written Questions

1. partnership between two different species; only the commensal receives a benefit 7 the host is harmed (remora fish, shark)
2. Water vapor (H2o gas)> cool precipitation (condensation)> heat> evaporation (repeats)
3. stable species that characterize the area
4. occurs in places where living things existed before (after a fire, land was cleared)
5. non-living components of the environment (forms of energy)

5 Matching Questions

1. Carbon Dioxide cycle
2. predation
3. decomposers
4. habitat
5. tropic levels

1. a one organism feeds or consumes another
2. b carbon dioxide> photosynthesis> animals&plants> cellular respiration> oxygen (repeats)
3. c where an individual lives
4. d feeding relationship
5. e convert organic matter into inorganic matter (bacteria & fungi)

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. graphs that shows the number of individuals per unit of time
   1. population growth
   2. population growth curves
   3. population density
   4. population
2. organisms of living things (mating rituals, competition, parental care
   1. predator
   2. tropic levels
   3. Abiotic factors
   4. biotic factors
3. amount of individuals an area can support
   1. carrying capacity
   2. seral species
   3. climax species
   4. community
4. number of individuals/amount of space
   1. density
   2. population
   3. population growth
   4. population density
5. use or defense of a resource by an individual that reduces the availability of that resource for other individuals
   1. population
   2. predation
   3. community
   4. competition

5 True/False Questions

1. food chain → pathway in which materials & energy move from one organism to another

   True        False

2. stationary phase → cell increase in size as a result of heavy metabolism

   True        False

3. Ecology → hunted

   True        False

4. special abundance → many different types of species (species diversity)

   True        False

5. species richness → many different types of species (species diversity)

   True        False