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pre-ap bio
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| interactions that take place between organisms and their environment | ecology |
| the outer portion of earth-air, water, and soil-where life is found | biosphere |
| individuals per unit of land or area or water volume | population |
| all populations living in an area | community |
| a biological community and it's abiotic environment | ecosystem |
| produce food other organisms use | autotrophs |
| consume plants and other organisms for food | heterotrophs |
| the process by which cells use light energy to make organic compounds from organic materials | photosynthesis |
| cycles that recycle the necessary abiotic nutrients through an ecosystem | biogeochemical cycles |
| the loss of water to the atmosphere by a plant through the stomates in it's leaves | transpiration |
| when bacteria convert nitrogen gas into a form plants can use | nitrogen fixation |
| when bacteria convert nitrogen found in living things after they die back into nitrogen | denitrification |
| balanced internal conditions of cells | equilibrium |
| the movement of molecules from an area of higher to lower concentration | diffusion |
| energy not used and occurs down the concentration gradient that involves carrier and transport proteins embedded in a cells membrane to help move across certain solutes | facilitated diffusion |
| cell drinking | pinocytosis |
| cell eating | phagocytosis |
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