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levels of biological organization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is the region on,below,or above the earths surface where life can be found. | Biosphere |
| overlaps three other kinds of spheres | Biosphere |
| atmoshere | air |
| lithosphere | land |
| hydrosphere | water |
| live in rock kilometers below the earths surface | microbes |
| can be found well into the atmosphere , deep into the ocean and atleast in some areas. | living things |
| distinguishable groups of species and abiotic(non-living)components of the environment with wich living creatures interact. | ecosystem |
| examples of an ecosystem | ponds , forests , prairies, tropical rain forest |
| four things that make up an ecosystem | biotic factors&abiotic factors or community&abiotic components |
| physical components of the environment | abiotic factors |
| all organisms living in an area | biotic factors |
| all the environments of planet Earth that are inhabited by life | biosphere |
| all organisms in the system | community |
| is all the populations of different species living and interacting together in a distinct area | community |
| nonliving parts of a distinct area | abiotic components |
| make up an ecosystem | abiotic components & community |
| technical name given for a kind of organism | species |
| a group of freely interacting and breeding individuals of the same species. | population |
| an individual living entity | organism |
| extends the food chain concept of a simple linear pathway to a complex network of interactions. | food chain or food web. |
| describes a single pathway that energy and nutrients may follow in an ecosystem. | food chain |
| food chains are overly ____________ . | simplistic |
| eat up dead bodies-both plant and animal | decomposers |
| meat eaters | carnivores |
| predators and scavengers are in what group ? | carnivores |
| have ability to digest what they eat and release the energy stored in the plant cells | herbivores |
| ones that produce usable energy for the rest of the living organisms here in earth | primary producers |
| both carnivore and herbivore | omnivore |
| energy for all the life and human technology comes from the _________ . | sun |
| 3rd order consumer | carnivore |
| 2nd order consumer | omnivore/carnivor |
| 1st order consumer | herbivore |