3.1 midpoint quiz

bioticc and abiotic reasources that a species uses, what where when how

A fundamental niche is the complete set of environmental conditions and resources an organism could potentially occupy and utilize if no limiting factors like competition or predation were present. In contrast, a realized niche is the actual subset of that fundamental niche where an organism lives and thrives, constrained by the presence of other species and other biotic and abiotic factors

an ecological relationship between different species in which both organisms benefit

an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

a symbiotic relationship where one organism, the parasite, benefits at the expense of another organism, the host, which is harmed

Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey

the interaction where an animal (herbivore) consumes living plant material, resulting in a positive effect on the herbivore and a negative effect on the plant

faculatory- receive benifits from but can survive without each other obligatory- species are entirely dependent on each other

long term evolutionary adjustment between species

Fitness is a measure of an organism’s reproductive success relative to others in its population. An organism with low fitness within its niche is, by definition, performing badly at reproducing in that environment.