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Chapter 3 Bio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Interactions among and between organisms in their environment or surroundings | Ecology |
| Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area | Population |
| Single individual to the entire biosphere | Organism |
| Ecosystems that have the same climate and dominate communities | Biome |
| Different populations that together in a define area | Community |
| Web of interdependence between organisms and the environment in which they live | Biosphere |
| All the organisms that live in a particular place together with their non-living environment | Ecosystem |
| A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring | Species |
| Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbs such as sugars and starches | Photosynthesis |
| Makes it's own food | Atotroph |
| When organisms use chemical energy to produce carbs | Chemosynthesis |
| Organism that obtains energy by eating plants | Herbivore |
| Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy and food supply | Heterotroph |
| Organism that obtains energy by only eating animals | Carnivore |
| Organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals | Omnivore |
| Organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter | Decomposer |
| Organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and dead matter | Detritivore |
| Series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | Food Chain |
| Networks of complex interactions formed by feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem | Food Web |
| Diagram that shows the relative amount of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or food web | Ecological Pyramid |
| Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen | Cellular Respiration |
| Process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one biosphere to another | Biogeochemical Cycle |
| Step in a food chain or food web | Trophic Level |
| An immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers that result from a large input of a limiting nutrient | Algal Bloom |
| Single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly, limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem | Limiting Nutrient |
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