Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.

The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their physical environment.

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.

All the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment.

An assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

All external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect an organism or other specified system during its lifetime.

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact, including animals, plants, mushrooms, and bacteria.

Any nonliving part of the environment, such as sunlight, heat, precipitation, humidity, wind or water currents, soil type, and so on.

Use solar or chemical energy to produce "food" by assembling inorganic compounds into complex organic molecules.

Captures light energy and uses it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates.

Chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates.

Obtain energy and nutrients by eating plant leaves.

Consume the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died from other causes.

Animals whose diets include a variety of different foods that usually include both plants and animals.

"Feed" by chemically breaking down organic matter

Feed on detritus particles, often chewing or grinding them into smaller pieces

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

A series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community

Each step in a food chain or food web.

Show the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a given food chain or food web

The total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level.

The relative amount of living organic matter available at each tropic level in an ecosystem.

The relative number of individual organisms at each tropic level in an ecosystem.

The relative amount of energy available at each tropic level of a food chain or food web.

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Biology

Term	Definition
Biosphere	Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere.
Ecology	The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their physical environment.
Biome	A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.
Ecosystem	All the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment.
Community	An assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.
Population	A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.
Species	A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
Environment	All external conditions and factors, living and nonliving (chemicals and energy), that affect an organism or other specified system during its lifetime.
Biotic Factor	Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact, including animals, plants, mushrooms, and bacteria.
Abiotic Factor	Any nonliving part of the environment, such as sunlight, heat, precipitation, humidity, wind or water currents, soil type, and so on.
Autotroph	Use solar or chemical energy to produce "food" by assembling inorganic compounds into complex organic molecules.
Photosynthesis	Captures light energy and uses it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates.
Chemosynthesis	Chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates.
Carnivores	Kill and eat each other.
Herbivores	Obtain energy and nutrients by eating plant leaves.
Scavengers	Consume the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died from other causes.
Omnivores	Animals whose diets include a variety of different foods that usually include both plants and animals.
Decomposers	"Feed" by chemically breaking down organic matter
Detritivores	Feed on detritus particles, often chewing or grinding them into smaller pieces
Detritus	Waste or debris
Food Chain	A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.
Phytoplankton	A mixture of floating algae
Food Web	A series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community
Tropic Level	Each step in a food chain or food web.
Ecological Pyramid	Show the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a given food chain or food web
Biomass	The total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level.
Pyramid of a Biomass	The relative amount of living organic matter available at each tropic level in an ecosystem.
Pyramid of Numbers	The relative number of individual organisms at each tropic level in an ecosystem.
Pyramid of Energy	The relative amount of energy available at each tropic level of a food chain or food web.

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