Communities

• What is a community composed of?

  Populations of different species
• What is the relationship between species in a community?

  They are inter-dependent
• What does the inter-dependence of species include?

  Food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal
• What can the removal of one species affect?

  The whole community
• What is an organism?

  An individual living thing
• What is a population?

  Number of a particular species in a habitat
• What is a community?

  Lots of different populations living in an area
• What is an ecosystem?

  Interaction of a community with non-living environment
• What is interdependence?

  Species depending on each other
• What process do many flowering plants rely on insects for?

  Pollination
• What do Pandas rely on for food?

  Bamboo
• What protects clown fish from predators?

  Anemone tentacles
• Why do animals disperse seeds?

  To reduce competition
• What produces food in an ecosystem?

  Plants
• What do animals eat in an ecosystem?

  Plants
• What pollinates plants?

  Animals
• What do animals eat?

  Other animals
• What do animals use to build nests and shelters?

  Plant and animal materials
• Where do plants obtain nutrients from?

  Animal droppings
• What characterizes a stable community?

  Balanced species and environmental factors
• What is the effect of a large number of rabbits on the fox population?

  Fox population increases
• What is the effect of foxes eating many rabbits?

  Rabbit population decreases
• Why does the fox population decrease after an initial increase?

  Competition for food
• What restores balance to the community?

  The fluctuation of population sizes
• What process do plants use to produce food?

  Photosynthesis