Biology Chapter 2-Ecology

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All the different populations that live together in a certain area at a certain time:
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States that matter can neither be created nor destroyed:
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An organism's "occupation" or _____________________. Includes all the biological and physical conditions in which it lives:
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Process in which nitrogen gas from the atmosphere is converted into a form that is usable by plants:
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An organism who only eats meat:
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The hydrologic cycle is also called what?
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Cycle which includes underground reservoirs in the form of coal or petroleum (fossil fuels):
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The network of complex interactions formed by linking all of the food chains together in an ecosystem:
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A group of individuals who belong to the same species and live in the same area.
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Cycle that includes: evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation:
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Non-living factors that shape ecosystems:
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Process in which liquid water turns into gas form (water vapor):
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An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another:
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A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar communities:
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Evaporation from the surface of green plant leaves:
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An organism who only eats plants:
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Process in which nutrients in dead organisms are returned to the soil:
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The type of interaction in which organisms fight to use a resource in the same place and at the same time:
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The same kinds of organisms living together and helping one another:
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Cycle in which photosynthesis and cellular respiration participate:
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A symbiotic relationship in which one member of the association benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed:
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Process in which sugar is broken down and Carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere as waste:
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All of the living or once living things that an organism interacts with:
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Food chains always have __________on their first trophic level:
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A process in which energy from the chemical bonds of inorganic molecules is used to produce carbohydrates in the absence of light.
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An organism that eats both plants and animals:
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Type of symbiosis in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed:
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In competition, if resources are abundant then populations will:
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Process in which energy from the sunlight is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into food:
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The science that studies the interactions of organisms with each other and with their environment:
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Bacteria and ___________ are decomposers, and important group of heterotrophs that break down organic matter:
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Which organism is required to complete 3 of the 4 cycles you learned about:
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The process where bacteria convert the fixed nitrogen into nitrogen gas and release back into the atmosphere:
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An interaction in which one organism lies in a close association with one another:
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Process in which water vapor (gas) turns into liquid form:
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Atoms like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus are reused and passed throughout parts of the biosphere in biogeochemical cycles.
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A chemical substance that an organism must obtain from its environment to sustain life and undergo life processes.
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The type of symbiosis in which both organisms benefit from living in close association with each other:
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Cycle in which volcanic activity and burning fossil fuels plays a role:
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Cycle that is dependent on bacteria for nitrogen fixation and denitrification:
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Which of the following elements do NOT get cycled through the atmosphere:
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In competition, if resources are scarce the organisms will starve and populations will:
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All of the organisms that live in a place together with their non-living or physical environment:
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Made up of the parts of the planet including land, water, or atmosphere in which all life exists:
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A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring.
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Process in which condensed water falls from the clouds to Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, etc:
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Another name for consumer:
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Each step in a food chain is a trophic level:
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An organism's address or where the organism lives:
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Anything needed by an organism to sustain life: