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CHAPTER INTERACTIONS IN ECOSYSTEMS

14 Vocabulary Practice

habitat parasitism population crash


ecological niche population density limiting factor
competitive exclusion population dispersion density-dependent limiting factor
ecological equivalent survivorship curve density-independent limiting factor
competition immigration succession
predation emigration primary succession
symbiosis exponential growth pioneer species
mutualism logistic growth secondary succession

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commensalism carrying capacity

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A. What’s the Difference? For each pair of words below, describe the difference
between the two terms.
1. primary succession/secondary succession

2. ecological niche/habitat
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3. logistic growth/exponential growth

4. density-dependent limiting factor/density-independent limiting factor

5. mutualism/parasitism

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B. Matching Write the vocabulary term next to its definition.

commensalism mutualism predation


competition parasitism symbiosis

1. A close relationship between two or more individuals of


different species that live in close contact with one another
2. Type of symbiosis in which one individual benefits while
the other individual is harmed
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3. Occurs when one organism captures and eats another


organism
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4. Type of symbiosis in which both individuals benefit

5. Occurs when two organisms fight for the same limited


organisms
6. Type of symbiosis in which one individual benefits while
the other individual neither benefits nor is harmed

carrying capacity immigration population crash


emigration limiting factor

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7. The movement of individuals out of a population into
another population
8. The maximum number of individuals of a certain species
that an environment can normally support over a long period
of time
9. The movement of individuals into a population from another
population
10. A dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short
period of time
11. A factor that controls the size of a population

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C. Vector Vocabulary Define the words in the boxes. On each arrow, write a phrase
that describes how the words in the boxes are related to each other.

SYMBIOTIC

1.

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is a type of is a is a type of

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type of

MUTUALISM COMMENSALISM PARASITISM

2. 3. 4.
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EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE

5. 6. 7.

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D. Secret Message Fill in the blanks with the vocabulary word that best fits. When
complete, write the boxed letters in order in the blanks at the bottom of the page.

1. All of the abiotic and biotic factors in the


area where a species lives

2. A factor that has the greatest effect in


keeping down the size of a population

3. The process by which one organism


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captures and feeds upon another organism


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4. A type of species that is the first to live in


a previously uninhabited area
5. A type of population growth in which a
period of slow growth is followed by a
short period of exponential growth before
leveling off at a stable size

6. Occurs when two individuals compete for


the same resources

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7. A close relationship between two or more
different species that live in close contact
with one another

8. A symbiotic relationship in which one


organism is helped and the other is hurt

9. The movement of individuals into a


population from a different population

10. A symbiotic relationship in which both


organisms benefit

11. A type of succession in which an ecosystem


damaged by fire is reestablished
Fill in the blanks with the boxed letters from above to name the famous ecologist:

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