Principles of Ecology
Non-living factors in an ecosystem are what?
What is Abiotic.
what is the study of relationships among living organisms and the interactions they have with their environment?
What is Ecology
What is released at each level of pyramid of energy?
What is Heat.
The process through which nitrogen gas is captured and converted into a form that plants can use?
What is nitrogen fixation.
Biology is the study of what?
What is Life
Deep ocean vents, African wildlife, and artic glaciers are all part of the what?
What is the biosphere.
Nonliving factors in an organisms environment are what?
Iron, water, and sugar are examples of matter that are what?
What is Nutrients.
The process in which fixed nitrogen compounds are converted back into nitrogen gas and returned to the atmosphere is called what?
What is denitrification
Who would study how coral colonizes a sunken ship?
Who is an Ecologist.
Algae, insect larvae, protozoans, and other living things in a large puddle would be an example of what?
What is a biological community
The portion of the Earth that supports life, including landmasses, water, lower portions of the atmosphere, and areas beneath the earth's surface is called what?
A doctorfish grazing on ocean algae is an example of a heterotroph that is a what?
What is a herbivore.
The substance formed from decomposing matter is what?
What is Ammonia
an organism that cannot make its own food and gets its nutrients and energy requirements by feeding on other organisms is a what?
What is a Heterotroph.
a fish protecting a shrimp, who builds a burrow for the pair to share is an example of what?
What is Mutualism.
When one organism benefits and the other is neither helped or harmed, this is called what?
What is Commensalism.
This eat fragments of dead matter and return nutrients to the soil, air, and water
What is a detritivore
Carbon trapped on the ocean floor is part of what cycle?
What is the biogeochemical cycle.
The region of land-approximately 4 km2-a jaguar must roam to collect food would be an example of what?
What is a habitat.
A remora fish swimming beneath a shark to collect scraps while the shark remains unaffected is an example of what?
What is Commensalism.
A group of interacting populations that occupy the same geographic area at the same time are called what?
What is a Biological Community
A model that shows many interconnected food chains and pathways in which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem is what?
What is a Food Web.
The weathering and eroding of rocks releases a substance, which is essential for the growth of many autotrophs, called what?
Name 4 of the 8 Characteristics of Life.
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