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| 11287849113 | abiotic | assemblage of nonliving physical or chemical components in an ecosystem ex: CO2, rainfall, pH, O2, salinity, temperature | 0 | |
| 11287858214 | abiotic factors | physical and chemical components of ecosystems that are non living ex: CO2, rainfall, pH, O2, salinity, temperature | 1 | |
| 11287872135 | autotroph | organisms that produce their own organic material from inorganic constituents ex: green plants | 2 | |
| 11287901642 | biomass pyramid | shape of biomass potential at each trophic level ex: Fig 2-13a |  | 3 |
| 11287922151 | biomass | total combined dry weight of all organisms at a trophic level ex:Fig. 2-14 |  | 4 |
| 11287981870 | biome | grouping of related ecosystems into major kinds of ecosystems ex: Fig 2-4 |  | 5 |
| 11287993793 | biosphere | all the species and ecosystem combined ex: earth | 6 | |
| 11288037324 | biota | grouping or assemblage of living organisms in an ecosystem ex: plants, animals, microbes | 7 | |
| 11288050839 | biotic community | grouping or assemblage of living organisms in an ecosystem ex: plants, animals, microbes | 8 | |
| 11288080715 | biotic factors | limiting factors caused by other species ex: plants, animals, microbes | 9 | |
| 11288095865 | biotic structure | the way different categories of organisms fir together in an ecosystem ex: producers, consumers, decomposers | 10 | |
| 11288108761 | carnivores | meat-eating secondary consumer ex: pigs and bears | 11 | |
| 11288122151 | chlorophyll | molecule that plants use to campsite light energy for photosynthesis ex: green organelle in plant tissue | 12 | |
| 11288135999 | climate | description of average temperature and precipitation each day throughout the year ex: Fig. 2-20 |  | 13 |
| 11288162677 | consumer | organisms that must feed on complex organic material to obtain energy and nutrients ex: herbivores, carnivores, omnivores | 14 | |
| 11288179344 | decomposer | primary detritus feeders ex: bacteria and fungi | 15 | |
| 11288189355 | detritus | dead or partially digested plant or animal material ex: dead leaves | 16 | |
| 11288263063 | detritus feeders | organisms that feed primarily on dead, decaying, or partially digested organic matter ex: bacteria and fungi | 17 | |
| 11288274171 | ecologists | people who study ecosystems and interactions ex: your teacher | 18 | |
| 11288284727 | ecology | The study of ecosystems and interactions ex: what your are doing now | 19 | |
| 11288295519 | ecosystem | a grouping of plants, animals, and microbes interacting with each other and their environment in such a way to perpetuate the grouping ex: Fig. 2-2 |  | 20 |
| 11288317330 | ecotone | the transition area where one ecosystem blends into another ex: where grasslands meet forest | 21 | |
| 11288341598 | food chain | pathways where one organism is eaten by a second, which is eaten by a third, and so on ex: Fig 2-13a |  | 22 |
| 11288359410 | food web | a way of demonstrating the interaction of food chains ex: Fig 2-13a |  | 23 |
| 11288374277 | habitat | plant community an physical environment where an organism lives ex: fig 2-2 |  | 24 |
| 11288404673 | herbivore | feed directly on producers ex:deeror rabbit | 25 | |
| 11288414859 | heterotroph | organisms that must feed on complex organic material to obtain energy and nutrients ex: animals | 26 | |
| 11288441329 | host | Plant or animal on which a parasite feeds ex: anything that can be eaten | 27 | |
| 11288486867 | inorganic molecules | Specific kinds of plants, animals, or microbes that interbreed and produce fertile offspring ex: salt (NaCl) | 28 | |
| 11288509969 | limiting factors | any factor that limits the growth, reproduction, and survival for organisms ex: CO2, rainfall, pH, O2, salinity, temperature | 29 | |
| 11288540852 | limits of tolerance | high and low ranges of tolerance to abiotic levels ex: fig 2-19 |  | 30 |
| 11288552838 | microclimate | conditions in specific localized areas ex: fig 2-22 |  | 31 |
| 11288566993 | mutualism | a symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which both derive benefit ex: flowers and bees and crocs and birds |  | 32 |
| 11288593214 | niche | what an organism feeds on, where and when it feeds, where it finds shelter and nesting sites ex: fig 2.8 and 2.9 |  | 33 |
| 11288619959 | omnivore | plant and meat eating consumers ex: pigs and bears | 34 | |
| 11288627294 | optimum | a certain abiotic level where organisms survive best ex: fig 2-19 |  | 35 |
| 11288645389 | organic molecule | constructed in large part from carbon and hydrogen atoms ex: glucose (C6H12O6) | 36 | |
| 11288661050 | parasites | a predator that feeds off its prey for a long time typically w/out killing it ex: ticks | 37 | |
| 11288679375 | parasitism | a symbiotic relationship between organisms in which one benefits and the other is being harmed ex: ticks, lice | 38 | |
| 11288689770 | photosynthesis | the process of converting sunlight energy and carbon dioxide to sugar and O2 ex: 6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2 | 39 | |
| 11288715349 | population | number of individuals that make up an interbreeding, reproducing group within a given area ex: all Rana catesbiana in a farm pond | 40 | |
| 11288743856 | preditor | animal that attacks, kills, and feeds on another animal ex: wolf or owl | 41 | |
| 11288756126 | prey | animal killed and eaten by a predator ex: bullfrogs, deer and rabbit, pigs and bears | 42 | |
| 11288767366 | primary consumers | feed directly on producer ex: deer and rabbit | 43 | |
| 11288779505 | producers | organisms that produce their own organic material from inorganic constituent ex: green plants | 44 | |
| 11288801373 | range of tolerance | the entire span of abiotic values that allow any growth at all ex: fig 2-19 |  | 45 |
| 11288813926 | secondary consumer | feed on primary consumers ex: wolf and owl | 46 | |
| 11288822546 | species | specific kind of plants, animals, or microbes that interbreed and produce fertile offspring ex: bullfog | 47 | |
| 11288834809 | symbiotic | living together ex: fig 2-16 2-17 |  | 48 |
| 11288852358 | synergistic effect | greater effect of two factors interacting together than individually ex: chemical A--> effect B, chemical c--> effect D, chemical A+B--> effect E | 49 | |
| 11288893661 | trophic levels | feeding levels w/in a food chain or web ex: |  | 50 |
| 11288915250 | zone of stress | abiotic level between optimal range and high and low level of tolerance ex: |  | 51 |
