1. POPULATIONS & COMMUNITIES REVIEW

2. The nonliving things within the environment. ABIOTIC FACTORS

3. The living things within the environment. BIOTIC FACTORS

4. Level of organization below community; a group of these form a community. POPULATIONS

5. Can you name one of the characteristics/factors used to study a population? DENSITY SIZE SPACE

6. Can you name one of the characteristics/factors that determine an organism’s niche? DIET INTERACTION WITH OTHER ORGANISMS MEANS OF GETTING FOOD

7. During predation, what do you call the organism that does the hunting? PREDATOR

8. What do you call two species of organisms that live in the same community and compete over resources? COMPETITORS

9. Can you give one example of an abiotic factor? WATER SUNLIGHT OXYGEN (AIR) TEMPERATURE (WEATHER/CLIMATE) SOIL (LAND/TOPOGRAPHY)

10. The study of interactions that take place between organisms within their environment. ECOLOGY

11. A single individual from a population. ORGANISM

12. The biotic communities and the abiotic factors that affect them.. ECOSYSTEM

13. The contest among organisms to obtain the resources they need to survive and reproduce. COMPETITION

14. A symbiotic relationship that benefits both species. MUTUALISM

15. The physical location where an organism lives. HABITAT

16. Name for a species that is first to inhabit a new area primarily after a volcanic eruption. PIONEER

17. Type of ecological succession that begins in a place that does not have soil and has never supported living organisms. PRIMARY

18. In addition to sunlight and precipitation, what other abiotic factor affects plant growth? TEMPERATURE (WEATHER/CLIMATE)

19. Type of ecological succession that occurs in an area that has soil and was once the home of living organisms. SECONDARY

20. Any abiotic factor that restricts the number of individuals in a population. LIMITING FACTOR

21. The size of a population occupying an area of specific size. POPULATION DENSITY

22. The largest number of individuals an environment can support and maintain for a long period of time. CARRYING CAPACITY

23. The part of the Earth that supports living organisms; largest level of organization for life. BIOSPHERE

24. The feeding of one organism on another. PREDATION

25. The role of an organism in an ecosystem. NICHE

26. Type of relationship where one organism benefits and the other harms its host. PARASITISM

27. Any close relationship between two or more different species. SYMBIOSIS

28. A type of relationship where one partner benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. COMMENSALISM

29. Do you know the difference between abiotic and biotic factors? Can you give examples of each?

30. Do you know the difference between mutualism, parasitism, and predation? Can you give an example of each?

31. Can you compare/contrast primary and secondary succession?

32. It’s a new year... Resolve to study more and give nothing but your best! GOOD LUCK!!