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Goff homework 1
Homework #1 biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biological Community | Is made up of interacting populations in a certain area at a certain time. |
| Biosphere | The portion of Earth that supports living things. |
| Commensalism | is a symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other species is harmed nor benefited. |
| Ecology | is the study of interactions that take place between organisms in there own environments. |
| Ecosystem | Animals interacting with other animals. |
| Abiotic Factor | The non living parts of an organisms environment. |
| Habitat | the place where an organism lives out his life |
| Mutualsim | a symbolic relationship in which both species benefit. |
| niche | is all strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment. |
| parasitism | A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit. |
| population | is a group of organ- isms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time. |
| symbiosis | he relationship in which there is a close and permanent association between organisms of different species. |
| autotroph | An organism that uses light energy or energy stored in chemical compounds to make energy-rich compounds is a produce. |
| biomass | is the total weight of living matter at each trophic level. |
| decomposer | break down the complex compounds of dead and decaying plants and animals into simpler molecules that can be more easily absorbed. |
| food chain | is a simple model that scientists use to show how matter and energy move through an ecosystem. |
| food web | shows all the possible feeding relationships at each trophic level in a community. |
| heterotroph | An organ- ism that cannot make its own food and feeds on other organisms. |
| trophic level | Each organism in a food chain rep- resents a feeding step,in the passage of energy and materials. |