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chapter 3 ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecology | the scientific study of interactions. |
| biosphere | contains the combined portions of the planet in which all of life exists, including land, water, and air, or atmosphere. |
| species | a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertie offspring.- |
| population | group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area. |
| communities | assemblages of different populations that live together in a defined area. |
| ecosystem | is a collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving, or physical, environment. |
| autotroph | plants, some algae, and certain bacteria can capture sunlight or chemicals and use that energy to produce food. |
| heterotroph | organisms that rely on other organisns for their energy and food supply |
| food web | when the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosytem form a network of complex interactions |
| trophic level | each step in a food chain or food web |
| biomass | the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level |