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Bio test 1
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Biology
11th Grade
09/21/2010

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Ecology
Definition
The study of the living and nonliving parts of the environment and how they affect organisms
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Biology
Definition
The study of living things
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Producers
Definition
make their own food
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Consumers
Definition
do not make their own food
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Decomposers
Definition
that break down the bodies of dead plants & animals
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Community
Definition
producers, consumers, and decomposers that live and interact in one area form a
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Microorganisms
Definition
(organisms too small to be seen with the unaided eye, such as bacteria).
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Food Chain
Definition
is the pathway that tells what eats what.
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Food Web
Definition
When all the food chains in a community are connected to each other, what is formed?
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Chemical Energy
Definition
is found in the structure of the molecules that make up the meat and the potatoes
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Photosynthesis
Definition
is the basis for almost all of the food energy in the world
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Atoms
Definition
All matter is made of minute particles called
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Molecules
Definition
two or more atoms
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Compound
Definition
that is made up of more than one type of atom, linked together.
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Biosphere
Definition
includes all organisms on the earth as well as the air, soil, and water surrounding them.
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Hypothesis
Definition
is a statement that explains an observation.
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Population
Definition
A group of individuals of the same type that interbreed and live in a particular are is called a
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Birth rate
Definition
The rate at which reproduction increases the population
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Immigration
Definition
occurs when one or more individuals move into an area where others of their type can be found
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Emigration
Definition
when individuals leave the area
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Environment
Definition
everything that surrounds and affects and organism.
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biotic
Definition
living (or recently living) part is called the ________ environment
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abiotic
Definition
non living part of the environment
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limiting factor
Definition
Any biotic or abiotic factor that can affect the growth of a population is called
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resources
Definition
The growth of individuals and increase in size of populations is regulated by available
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