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Bio chapter 3
chapter 3 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment, or surroundings? | ecology |
| what are organism->population->community->ecosystem->biome->biosphere? | levels of organization |
| what is a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities | biome |
| what is a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring? | species |
| what uses energy from the environment to fuel the assembly of simple inorganic compounds into complex organic molecules ? | autotroph/producer |
| what is cholorophyll? | photosynthesis |
| what happens when organisms use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates? | chemosynthesis |
| what is a consumer that relies on other organisms for their energy and food supply? | heterotroph |
| what is a consumer that eats plants? | herbivore |
| what is a consumer that eats animals? | carnivore |
| what is a consumer that eats plants and animals? | omnivore |
| what is a consumer that eats plants and animals remains and other dead matter, collectivelt call detritus? | detritivore |
| what breaks down organic material? | decomposer |
| what is a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten? | food chain |
| what is the feeding relationship among the various organisms in an ecosystem form a network of complex interactions? | food web |
| what is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products? | cellular respiration |
| what are all the steps in a food chain of wood web? | trophic level |
| what shows the amounts of energy available at each trophic level? | ecological pyramid |
| what are forms of matter passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another through these cycles? | biogeochemical cycle |
| what is an ecosystem limited by a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly? | limiting nutrient |
| what is an large input of limiting nutrient-- for example, runoff from heavily fertilized fields-- the result is often an immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers? | algal bloom |
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