ENVS 200 Exam Review Questions & Answers 2023/2024

ENVS 200 Exam Review Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Interspecific Interactions - ANSWER-individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem Intraspecific Interactions - ANSWER-members of the same species compete for limited resources Competition - ANSWER-an interaction between two or more organisms in which, for each, the birth and/or growth rates are depresses and the death rate increased by the other organism Predation - ANSWER-the preying of one animal on others Grazers - ANSWER-a consumer which attacks large numbers of large prey during its lifetime, but removes only a part of each prey individual, so that the effect, is rarely lethal in the short term Parasitism - ANSWER-the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism Mutualism - ANSWER-symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involve Symbiosis - ANSWER-a close association between the individuals of pairs of species Interference Competition - ANSWER-competition between two organisms in which one physically excludes the other from a portion of habitat and hence from the resources that could be exploited there Exploitation Competition - ANSWER-competition in which any adverse effects on an organism are brought about by reductions in resource levels caused by other competing organisms