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Question 1

Ecology is the scientific study of ___ among ______ and between oganisms and their ______, or surrounding

Answer 1

Interactions, organisms, environment

Question 2

ecology is studied on many levels, from single cells to the entire planet. The biosphere ontains the portions of the ____ in which all of ____ exists, including: ______,______, and ______ (atmosphere)

Answer 2

planet, life, land, water, air

Question 3

interactions within the biosphere produce a ____ of ______ between organisms & the environment in which they live

Answer 3

web, interdependence

Question 4

to understand _______ within the biosphere, ______ ask_____ about events & organisms that range in ______ from a single _______ to the entire ________

Answer 4

relationships, ecologists, questions, complexity, individual, biosphere

Question 5

species def

Answer 5

group of organisms so similar to each other they can reproduce

Question 6

population def

Answer 6

group of individuals that belong to the same species & live in the same area

Question 7

community

Answer 7

asseblages of diff populations that live tg in a defined area

Question 8

ecosystem

Answer 8

collection of organism that live in a particular place together w nonliving or physical environment

Question 9

biome

Answer 9

group of ecosystems that have same climate and similar dominant comunities

Question 10

ecologists use a wide range of tools and techniques to study the living world. Scientist conduct modern ecological _____ using 3 basic approaches

Answer 10

research

Question 11

observing

Answer 11

asking ecological questions designing experiments and models

Question 12

experimenting

Answer 12

used to trst hypothesis that imitate and manipulate conditions

Question 13

modeling

Answer 13

consists of mahematical formulas based on data collections predictions can be made

Question 14

all of these approaches rely on the application of ______ ______ to guide ecological inquiry

Answer 14

scientific, ,methods

Question 15

The flow of energy through an ecosystem is one of the most important factors that determine the capacity to sustain life

Answer 15

nth

Question 16

____ is the main energy _____ for life on _____

Answer 16

sunlight, source, earth

Question 17

some types or organism rely on the energy stored in ______ ______

Answer 17

inorgamic, chemicals

Question 17

Autothroph

Answer 17

only plants, can capture energy fro sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food

Question 18

autothrophs use energy from the _____ to fuel the assembly of ___ organic compounds into ___ organic molecules

Answer 18

environment, simple, complex

Question 19

producer

Answer 19

same thing as autothrpoh

Question 20

the best known autothrops harness ____ energy through a process called photosynthesis

Answer 20

solar

Question 21

some ______ can produce food in the ______ of light

Answer 21

autothrophs, absence

Question 22

many organisms ____ harness energy directly from the ____ environment

Answer 22

cannot, physical

Question 23

heterothroph

Answer 23

organisms that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply

Question 24

consumer

Answer 24

heterothrphs

Question 25

there are many different types of ____

Answer 25

consumers

Question 26

herbivore

Answer 26

eat plants only,

Question 27

carnivore

Answer 27

eat animals, including snakes, dogs and owls

Question 28

omnivore

Answer 28

eat plants and animals

Question 29

detrivore

Answer 29

feed on plant and animal remains and other dead matter

Question 30

decomposer

Answer 30

they break down organic matter

Question 31

energy ____through an ecosystem in _____ direction, from the ___ or inorgnic compounds to autothrophs(______) and then various heterothrophs(______)

Answer 31

flows, one, sun, producers, consumers

Question 32

food chain

Answer 32

a series of steps in whcih organisms transfer enrrgy by eating or being eaten

Question 33

food web

Answer 33

links all the food chains in an ecosystem tg, feeding relationship isan ecosystem that forms a netwrok of complex interactions

Question 34

trophic level

Answer 34

each step in the food chain/web

Question 35

producers make up the _____ trophic level. ______ make up the 2nd, 3rd or higher _____ levels. Each consumer _____ on the trophic level below it for ____

Answer 35

1rs, consumers, trophic, depends, energy

Question 36

the _____ of energy or matter in an ecosystem can be represented by an ecological ______

Answer 36

amount, pyramid

Question 37

ecological pyramid

Answer 37

shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic level

Question 38

energy pyramid

Answer 38

shows the relative amount of energy avaliable at each trophic level

Question 39

only abt ___ percent of the _____ avalible within 1 trphic level is ______ to organisms at the _____ trophic level

Answer 39

10, energy, transfered, next

Question 40

biomass

Answer 40

total amount of living tissue within a trophic level

Question 41

biomass pyramid

Answer 41

represents the amount of living orgnic matter within each trophic level

Question 42

pyramid of numbers

Answer 42

shows the relative number of individual organism within each trophic level