ECOLOGY
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is Commensalism?
This is the release of energy from food without using oxygen, often by yeast or bacteria.
What is Fermentation?
These organic compounds are essential for building and repairing tissue and are made of amino acids.
What are Proteins?
The type of population growth represented by a rapidly steepening curve.
What is Exponential Growth?
The process of dead organisms and waste being broken down by decomposers.
What is Decomposition?
The form of energy that travels in waves, like sunlight.
What is Radiant Energy?
Any substance an organism needs for growth, metabolism, and other functions.
What is Nutrient?
The name for an organism that must consume other organisms for food.
What is Heterotrophic?
A close, long-term relationship between two different species.
What is Symbiosis?
The process plants use to convert light energy into chemical energy (glucose).
What is Photosynthesis?
An animal that eats both plants and meat.
What is Omnivore?
This is the process where cells break down glucose to release energy.
What is Cell Respiration?
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
What is Mutualism?
The ability to do work or cause change.
What is Energy?
Organic compounds that include sugars and starches.
What are Carbohydrates?
This term describes organisms that can produce their own food, like plants.
What is Autotrophic?
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.
What is Parasitism?
This type of energy is stored in the chemical bonds of molecules, such as glucose.
What is Chemical Energy?
The six main types of substances organisms need, including water, vitamins, and minerals.
What are Nutrients?
The name for a group of specialized cells that work together to perform a specific function, like muscle or nerve cells.
What is a Tissue?