Choose the most appropriate answer for each.
-Species evenness
A)Blending in and being hidden by the background
B)Relative abundance of each species
C)One organism benefits at another organism's expense
D)Opportunistic colonizers of a newly vacated habitat
E)Lichens on newly hardened, newly cooled lava
F)Number of species in a community
G)Symbiotic interaction that minimizes the costs and maximizes the benefits for both partners
H)One species is eliminated from an area of niche overlap
I)Tasty species resembles repugnant one
J)The process that leads from a pioneer community to a mature community
K)Natural reforestation of burned-over forest

Question

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Species evenness refers to the relative abundance of each species in a community.

Answer: G
 This describes mutualism, a type of symbiotic interaction where both organisms benefit.

Answer: H
 This describes competitive exclusion, where one species outcompetes and eliminates another in a niche overlap.

Answer: I
 This describes Batesian mimicry, where a harmless or tasty species evolves to resemble a harmful or repugnant one.

Answer: J
 This describes succession, the process by which a community changes over time from a pioneer stage to a mature stage.

Answer: K
 This describes secondary succession, where a community is restored after a disturbance such as a forest fire.

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