Term | Definition |
Cell | The basic unit of life |
Ecology | The study of organisms and their interactions with the environment |
Population | Multiple of the same species living in the same area, at the same time |
Catalyst | Speeds up chemical reactions |
Alexander Fleming | Discovered Penicillin |
Carrying Capacity | Maximum amount of individuals an ecosystem can sustain |
Biosphere | Portion of Earth that supports life |
Ecosystem | Made up of the organisms and nonliving things in an area |
Biotic Factors | All living organisms in an environment |
Abiotic Factors | All nonliving things in an environment |
Niche | An organism's role in it's ecosystem |
Carbon | A part of all organic compounds |
Condensation | Water in the air changes from a gas to tiny droplets of liquid |
Precipitation | Water returns to Earth as rain or snow |
Nitrogen | A nutrient that organisms need to produce proteins |
Saturated and Unsaturated Fats | Lipids |
DNA | Made of amino acids |
Nitrogen Fixation | Nitrogen is captured and converted into a form that is usable by plants |
Ecological Succession | One community replaces another community over time |
Secondary Succession | One community replaces another community after it is destroyed |
Climax Community | Mature community that developes in secondary succession |
Pasteur | Demonstrated that the theory of spontaneous generation was incorrect |
Remak | Discovered cell division |
Leeuwenhoek | Discovered microscopic living creatures in water |
Spontaneous Generation | The idea that could spring forth from inanimate matter |
Brown's Orchids | Caused the discovery of the nucleus |
Brown | Made contributions to atomic theory and cell theory |
Schwann | Discovered animal cells |
Two Classes of Natural Resources | Renewable and nonrenewable |
Three Types of Diversity | Genetic,species,and ecosystem |