Terms I

2. Terms I

3. Terms II

4. Levels of Organization

5. Feeding Relationships

6. Community Interactions

7. Biodiversity

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9. The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

10. Ecology

11. All of the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a

12. Food Web

13. A series of predictable changes that occur in an ecosystem after some sort of disturbance

14. Ecological Succession

15. A process in which the cell membrane of a cell allows some molecules into the cell while keeping other molecules out of the cell.

16. Selective Permeability

17. A characteristic of life: the body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment.

18. Homeostasis

19. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.

20. population

21. Describes what an organism does and how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.

22. niche

23. The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a specific environment can support.

24. carrying capacity

25. A way to provide for human needs while preserving the ecosystems that produce natural resources

26. Sustainable Development

27. Total of all of the genetically based variation in all organisms in the biosphere.

28. Biodiversity

29. Living parts of an environment are called _____________, while non-living parts of an environment are called ________________.

30. biotic factors, abiotic factors

31. An _________ includes both biotic and abiotic factors

32. ecosystem

33. Which of the following is • a producer? • sponge • cactus • spider • monkey

34. cactus

35. A group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

36. species

37. To reduce risks of extinction due to disease, habitat destruction, or other environmental changes, would a community need to have more or less diversity?

38. More diversity!

39. Organisms that must acquire energy from eating/ingesting other organisms

40. Heterotrophs

41. The ultimate source of Energy for all organisms

42. The Sun!

43. These organisms “unlock” nutrients within dead organisms for use by producers, detritivores, and other consumers.

44. decomposers

45. Make a food chain that includes the alligator

47. On average, only about _________ of the energy found in one trophic level can be transferred to the next trophic level

48. 10%

49. Any necessity of life

50. resource