Statistics for Biology Quiz 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The study of the inter-relationship between organisms and their environment	Ecology	77%
A group of individuals of one species that occupy the same habitat at the same time.	Population	50%
When one organism is consumed by another	Predation	50%
All the different species living and interacting in a particular place at a given time	Community	45%
The total mass of living material, normally measured in a specific area over a given period of time	Biomass	41%
How an organism fits into it environment. E.G. what the species is like, where it occurs, how it behaves and its interactions with other species.	Ecological niche	41%
Conditions that influence population growth that are non-biological	Abiotic factors	36%
In succession the first species to arise	Pioneer	36%
The range and variety of genes, species and habitats within a particular region	biodiversity	27%
The organisms that make up the final stage of ecological succession	Climax community	27%
Competetion that occurs between individuals of the same species	Intraspecific	18%
A plant that is adapted to live in conditions in which there is a scarcity of water in the soil	Xerophyte	18%
The movement of an organism towards or away from an external stimulus	Taxis	9%
Unit of the above (use template of weight per second)	energy per area per time	5%
The amount of chemical energy as biomass produced in a given length of time	Gross productivity	5%