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biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is ecology? | scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment |
| what is biosphere? | part of the earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere |
| what is species? | group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| what is population? | group of indivduals of the same species that live in the same area |
| what is community? | assemble of different populations that live together in a defined area |
| what is ecosystem? | collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place, together with their nonliving environment |
| what is autotroph? | organism that can capture energy from from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds, also called a producer |
| what is the heterotroph? | organisms that obtain energy from the foods it consumes, also called a consumer |
| what is food web? | network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in an ecosystem |