3.1-3.3 Study Guide

Question 1

Area around Earth where life exists?

Answer 1

Biosphere (Circle of Life 🌎😉)

Question 2

Individual living thing, part of a species?

Answer 2

Organism

Question 3

Group of organisms that are similar, can breed, and produce fertile offspring?

Answer 3

Species

Question 4

All the members of a species that live in the same area?

Answer 4

Population

Question 5

All of the different populations that live in an area?

Answer 5

Community

Question 6

All of the organisms (communities) that live in a given area and their physical environment?

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 7

Group of ecosystems with same climate and similar communities?

Answer 7

Biome

Question 8

All living parts of an environment?

Answer 8

Biotic Factors

Question 9

All nonliving parts of an environment?

Answer 9

Abiotic factors

Question 10

First step in designing models and experiments?

Answer 10

Observation

Question 11

Used to test hypothesis?

Answer 11

Experimentation

Question 12

Created to better understand events that are harder to study?

Answer 12

Modeling

Question 13

Organisms that make their own food?

Answer 13

Autotrophs (producers)

Question 14

Carbon dioxide + Water ➡️ Glucose + Oxygen?

Answer 14

Photosynthesis

Question 15

Hydrogen Sulfide + Oxygen ➡️ Chemical Energy?

Answer 15

Chemosynthesis

Question 16

Get energy by from other organisms by consuming them?

Answer 16

Heterotrophs

Question 17

Study of interactioons between organisms and their environments?

Answer 17

Ecology

Question 18

Obtain energy only by eating plants?

Answer 18

Herbivores

Question 19

Obtain energy by killing and consuming other animals?

Answer 19

Carnivores

Question 20

Obtain energy by eating both plants and animals?

Answer 20

Omnivores

Question 21

Obtain energy by eating already dead plants and animals?

Answer 21

Detritivores

Question 22

Obtain energy by chemically breaking down organic matter producing detritus?

Answer 22

Decomposers

Question 23

System of what eats what in an environment?

Answer 23

Food chain

Question 24

Several food chains in an ecosystem combined?

Answer 24

Food Web

Question 25

Steps in a food chain?

Answer 25

Trophies Level

Question 26

Diagrams that show the amount of energy matter at each tropic level?

Answer 26

Ecological Pyramids

Question 27

Amount of energy available at each tropic level?

Answer 27

Energy Pyramid

Question 28

Total amount of living tissue at each tropic level?

Answer 28

Biomass Pyramid

Question 29

Number of individual organisms at each tropic level?

Answer 29

Numbers Pyramid