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biology SOL ecology
sol biolgy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| homeostasis | process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment |
| prokaryotic | unicellular organism lacking a nucleus |
| eukaryotic | organism whose cells contain nucei |
| unicellular | one cell |
| multicellular | multiple cells |
| producer | makes food |
| consumer | relies on other organsims for its energy and food supply |
| autotroph | organisms that capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also known as a producer |
| carnivore | eats meat |
| heterotroph | organisms that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called consumer |
| omnivore | eats meats and plants |
| scavenger | looks around for food; consumer |
| decomposer | eats dead or decaying organisms |
| makes up a group of cells | tissues |
| makes up a group of organs | organ system |
| makes up a group of tissues | organs |
| made up of a group of organisms | population |
| make up an ecosystem | several populations |
| biome | group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominate communities |
| limiting factor | factor that causes the growth of a population to decrease |
| carrying capacity | largest number of individuals of a population that a given environment can support |
| parasite | symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism |
| predation | interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism |
| mutualism | symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship |
| symbiosis | relationship in which two species live closely together |
| O2 | oxygen |
| C | carbon |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| OH(-) | hydroxide |
| P | petroleum |
| H2O | water |
| N | nitrogen |
| C6H12O6 | glucose |
| H(+) | hydrogen ion |