BIOLOGY CHAPTER 3 test study guide

When an organism depends on another organism for food, called a host, the dependent organism is exhibiting..

A depiction of the overlapping pass that energy can take through an ecosystem

The two primary factors that defined a particular climate are

The community of the organisms in a particular area, along with the physical characteristics of their environment

A symbiotic relationship between two organisms that benefits one organism without helping or harming other organisms

A symbolic relationship between two organisms that benefits both organisms involved

The interaction between two different organisms within an ecosystem

Which of the following shows of plausible food chain?

A symbolic relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits, the other organism known as the host

Auto troughs are also known as

This biome has: hemlock,fir, and redwood trees, cool temps, moderate rainfall, and elk, moose, wolverines

A visual representation of the levels of organisms through which energy flows through an ecosystem

A symbiotic relationship between two organisms that is injurious to the other one, but doesn’t affect other organisms

This biome has: frozen ground, little vegetation, long winters, short, summers, and Caribou and grizzly bears

The set of plants and animals that are adapted for life in those parts of earth characterized by a particular climate

An animal that preys on other animals for food

An organism that cannot make its own food

The study of interelationships between organisms and their relation to their physical surroundings

Is symbiotic relationship in which two organisms share the same habitat, without directly affecting each other

An organism that breaks down plant an animal material into nutrients

Which of the following shows the correct order of ocean zones from shallow to deep

Which of the following would be considered a biotic factor of an ecosystem?

The position occupied by an organism on an ecological pyramid

Small particles of dead organic material

The nutritional relationships between populations in an ecosystem involving overlapping food chains

A model that shows the flow of energy through the various trophic levels within an ecosystem from producers to co…

An autotrophic organism, that is one that can produce its own food from light or chemical energy

The term biodiversity refers to

The study of ecology includes the study of the inter relationships between organisms and

The conflict that results when organisms attempt to use the same resources

Changes in the plant and animal communities within a biome due to changes in elevation that have differences in l,p,& t

The role of an organism within it's habitat

The sum of all the habitable ecosystems on the earth

An orgasm that breaks down dead, organic material, recycling, Nutrients to be used by other organisms

Which of the following factors affect the biotic vertical zones in a body of water

This biome has: warm, dry summers and cool wet winters . (Smallest biome) very diverse has shrubs with tough leaves

The physical portion of an ecosystem preferred by an organism

Group of organism of the same species, living in interacting within the same geographic area

Nonliving; not derived from living things

A measurement of the variety of life in a particulat ecosystem

Living or derived from living things

The way an organism lives, how it effects on habitats and organisms is known as

This biome has: Huge amounts of precipitation, all year warm temps support earth, sloths, and poison frogs

A hetertrophic organism that cannot produce its own food, and must obtain energy by consuming other organisms