Ib Ess Topic 2 52 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

species {Ans: } a group of organisms sharing common characteristics that interbreed and produce fertile offspringpopulation {Ans: } a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time, and which are capable of interbreedinghabitat {Ans: } the environment in which a species normally livesabiotic factors {Ans: } non-living, physical factors that influence the organisms and ecosystem, e.g. temperature, sunlight, pH, salinity, pollutants.biotic factors {Ans: } the living components of an ecosystem - organisms, their interactions or their waste - that directly or indirectly affect another organismniche {Ans: } the particular set of abiotic and biotic conditions and resources to which an organism or population responds.fundamental niche {Ans: } the full range of conditions and resources in which a species could survive and reproducerealised niche {Ans: } the actual conditions and resources in which a species exists due to biotic interactions.limiting factors {Ans: } factors which slow down growth of a population as it reaches its carrying capacitycarrying capacity {Ans: } the maximum number of a species or 'load' that can be sustainably supported by a given areacompetition {Ans: } when two or more individual organisms try to exploit a resource that is in