Unit 4 glossary

Question 1

Species

Answer 1

A group of organisms that can potentially interbreed to produce fertile, viable offspring

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

A group of organisms of the same species, living in the same area at the same time

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

A group of populations living together and interacting with each other in the same area

Question 4

Habitat

Answer 4

The environment in which a species normally lives

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

A community and its abiotic environment

Question 6

Ecology

Answer 6

The study of the relationship between living organisms, or between living organisms and their environment

Question 7

Carbon Flux - Photosynthesis

Answer 7

Removes co2 from the atmosphere and fixes it in producers as organic compounds

Question 8

CF - Respiration

Answer 8

Releases CO2 into the atmosphere when OC are digested in organisms

Question 9

CF - Decomposition

Answer 9

releases c products into the air or soil when organic matter recycled after an organism’s death

Question 10

CF - Gaseous dissolution

Answer 10

The exchange of gases between the atmosphere and ocean

Question 11

CF - Lithification

Answer 11

compaction of c-containing substances into fossils and rocks in the earth’s crust

Question 12

CF - Combustion

Answer 12

releases carbon gases when HCs are burned in oxygen as a fuel source