Study guide Science Periodic Exam I EC

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THE ANSWERS
Define in your own words
Abiotic factor:

Primary Succession:

Biotic factor:

Pioneer species:

Species:

Secondary Succession:

Population:

Predator:

Community:

Prey:

Ecosystem:

Cooperation:

Niche:

Competition:

Habitat:

Symbiosis:

Carrying capacity:

Mutualism:

Limiting Factor:

Commensalism:

Succession:

Parasitism

Order the ecosystem (Smallest to largest) and know the differences between
each level!:
Ecosystem, community, organism, population
Three Types of Limiting Factors:

Equation for population density:

Example for each type of limiting factor:

Population dynamics what factors influence the population? What would

increase the population of carnivores in an area? What would increase the
population of herbivores in an area?

Illustrate Primary succession:

Illustrate Secondary succession:
Starting condition for primary succession:

Factors (4) that directly affect the size of a population:

Example of Predator-Prey, Cooperation, mutualism, commensalism, and

parasitism

Who benefits from each example above?

Pick out members of a food chain, describe their relationship:

Producer herbivore/omnivore carnivore/omnivore carnivore/omnivore

Differentiate between abiotic and biotic factors, especially soil.

What are the major changes between two different ecosystems?

The needs of an organism are provided by what?

Graphs of population dynamics and their limiting factors