Chapter 3.

1 Community Ecology
Name:________________________
Limiting Factors

Any abiotic factor or biotic factor that restricts the_____________________,

_____________________or _____________________of organisms is called a limiting factor.

Includes _____________________, ____________________,______________________,

__________________, _____________________, _____________________,
_____________________, _____________________, and _____________________, and other
living things

Range of Tolerance

An _____________________and
_____________________that define the
conditions in which an organism can
survive

The ability of any organism to survive

when subjected to
_____________________or
_____________________ factors is
called_____________________.

Ecological Succession

The change in an ecosystem that happens

_____________________________________replaces another as a result of changing
abiotic and biotic factors is _____________________________________.

There are two types of ecological successionprimary succession and

secondary succession

The establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not

have any topsoil is _____________________

The orderly and _____________________change that takes place after a

community of organisms has been removed but
the_____________________has remained intact
is_____________________succession

Effects of Latitude and Climate

Weather is the condition of the _____________________ at a specific place

and_____________________.

One of the keys to understanding these communities is to be aware

of_____________________and _____________________conditions.

The distance of any point on the surface of Earth north or south from the
equator is _____________________.

The average _____________________conditions in an area, including

temperature and precipitation, describe the areas _____________________.