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Question 1

species

Answer 1

a group of organisms sharing characteristics that can produce offspring

Question 2

population

Answer 2

a group of species that live in the same area

Question 3

habitat

Answer 3

an area where certain species live

Question 4

Niche

Answer 4

role that a species plays within the environment

Question 5

ecosystem

Answer 5

environment where communities interact with each other

Question 6

competition

Answer 6

species compete for resources - harmed not killed

Question 7

paratism

Answer 7

species feeds off another without killing it

Question 8

mutalism

Answer 8

both species benefit - flower and bees

Question 9

commensalism

Answer 9

one species benitifs the other is not effected

Question 10

predation

Answer 10

prey and predator - one Is killed for food

Question 11

herbivory

Answer 11

animals consuming plants

Question 12

intraspecies competiton

Answer 12

competition within the same species

Question 13

interspecies competiton

Answer 13

different species compete for resources

Question 14

producers

Answer 14

organisms producing their own energy - plants (photosynthisis)

Question 15

consumers

Answer 15

costume the energy from the producers

Question 16

pyramid of numbers

Answer 16

shows the amount (abundance) of species at each tropic level

Question 17

productivity

Answer 17

conversion of energy into biomass

Question 18

GPP

Answer 18

gross primary productivity = total amount of energy converted per unit are per unit time

Question 19

NPP

Answer 19

net primary productivity = amount of new energy (GPP- R

Question 20

secondary productivity

Answer 20

food passing used as energy

Question 21

GSP

Answer 21

food eaten - feceas

Question 22

NSP

Answer 22

GSP - R

Question 23

biomagnification

Answer 23

increase of toxins in a substance

Question 24

bioaccumulation

Answer 24

increase of non biodegradable substance

Question 25

carbon cycle

Answer 25

carbon flows through the atmosphere into different organisms

Question 26

nitrogen cycle - nitrogen fixation - nitrification - gentrification

Answer 26

nitrogen converted into multiple chemicals - converted into ammonia in soil - ammonia into nitrates - nitrates into nitrogen