Ecosystems
When one organism hunts another for food
Predation
Waters ability to attach to other molecules
adhesion
Element found in all living things
Carbon
A model that shows a one directional consumption of energy
Food Chain
Group of the same species living in the same area
Population
Two organisms live close to one another and at least one benefits
Symbiosis
Quality of water that allows it to be a great solute
Polarity
Largest reservoir of carbon
The Ocean
organisms that get their energy/food from the sun
Producers/autotrophs
Group of ecosystems that have similar climates and organisms
Biome
Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit
Mutualism
Process that allows water to defy gravity
Capillary Action
Removing nitrogen or its compounds
denitrification
Term for each level of energy transfer in an energy pyramid
Trophic Level
non-living parts of an ecosystem
abiotic
The symbiotic relationship between a tree and mistletoe
Parasitism
Type of bond between water molecules
hydrogen
An occurrence that releases carbon into the atmosphere (Several possibilities)
organisms die, volcanoes erupt, fires blaze, fossil fuels are burned
Grasshopper is to plant as lion is to _________
meat, animal
Factor that limits a population that doesn't depend on the size of the population
density independant
Type of symbiotic relationship between the milkweed and the monarch butterfly
Commensalism
amount of heat required to change the heat content of 1 mole of material by exactly 1°C.
Heat capacity
How do humans get the nitrogen their bodies need?
By eating animals that eat plants
plankton is to autotroph as a shark is to ____________________
heterotroph
Population growth drops after a period of exponential growth
Logistical Growth