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wgu mod 10 science
ISA4/ISC4
Question | Answer |
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flow from the sun through living organisms and escapes as heat and elements like carbon and nitrogen are cycled between organisms and the environment | energy cycle |
series of organisms showing feeding relationships. begins with a green plan (producer) which is eaten by an animal (consumer) | food chains |
a network of interrelated food chains in a given area | food webs |
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off, percolation | water cycle |
flow of energy through a food chain | energy flow |
a situation in which individuals of two species live in close association iwth one another | symbiosis |
all the organisms that live within a given area and all the abiotic features of their environment | ecosystems |
the biosphere is the life zone of the Earth and includes all living organisms, including man, and ll organic matter that has not yet decomposed | biosphere |
the study of how organisms interact with their environments | ecology |
taxonomy. scientists put organisms into groups whent hey have things in common. | classification |
is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms, higher than a kingdom. | domain |
one of the three domains of life, consisting of a wide range of generally single-celled prokaryotic organisms. | bacteria |
small pieces of genetic material wrapped in protein coats taht infect and reporduce within host cells | viruses |