Matching Select the Term That Best Fits the Definition or Description;

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Essay

Matching. Select the term that best fits the definition or description; enter the number of the term in the column for Your Answer.

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Definitions:

Top-down Processes

Cognitive processes that are guided by higher-level mental processes, such as experience, expectations, and motivations.

Food Webs

Complex diagrams that show the feeding relationships among species within a community, highlighting who eats whom and the transfer of energy through the ecosystem.

Keystone Species

A species that plays a critical role in maintaining the structure of an ecological community, affecting many other organisms in the ecosystem and helping to determine the types and numbers of various other species in the community.

Ecological Niche

The specific role or function of an organism or species in an ecosystem, including its use of resources and relationships with other organisms.