First nine weeks!!!

1  Study of organisms and the interactions between them and non living things.  Ecology  environment  biology  habitat

2  Organism in a symbiotic relationship that is benefitted (but harming) its host  host  parasite  predator  herbivore

3  Educated guess as to what will happen in an experiment  purpose  variable  conclusion  hypothesis

4  Single pathway model that shows how organisms get energy in an environment  Food web  Energy pyramid  Food chain  photosynthesis

5  Organism that rots away other materials for energy  consumer  producer  decomposer  scavenger

6  Organism that finds and eats dead things for energy  consumer  decomposer  producer  scavenger

7  Anything that affects or limits the number of organisms that can exist in an environment  Carrying capacity  niche  limiting factor  co-evolution

8  The living and nonliving surroundings that affect an organism  habitat  ecosystem  environment  ecology

9  The place in which an organism lives and gets what it needs  habitat  ecosystem  environment  ecology

10  All the different populations of living things living at the same time in the same place  population  community  species  biosphere

11  Forested biome at mid-latitudes with moderate temperatures and precipitation  Deciduous forest  Temperate forest  Boreal forest  A and B

12  Biome at high latitudes near the poles with very cold temperatures, dry climate, and permafrost  tundra  prairie  desert  temperate grasssland

13  Group of the same type (species) of organisms living in the same place at the same time  community  population  species  ecosystem

14  Model showing how energy moves up through organisms in an environment; most energy is located at the bottom  Food web  Food chain  Carrying capacity  Energy pyramid

15  Organisms that must eat other things for food; AKA consumer  autotroph  heterotroph  producer  plant

16  Symbiotic relationship describing how one organism is the hunter and the other is the prey  Co-evolution  predation  photosynthesis  niche

17  Process where organisms (usually plants) make their own food with sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.  photosynthesis  predation  co-evolution  niche 

18  Water  Temperate  biome  aquatic  terrestrial

19  land  Temperate  biome  aquatic  terrestrial

20  The perfect number of species an environment can hold or support  Limiting factor  Carrying capacity  Habitat  niche

21  Relationship between organisms where at least one benefits  symbiosis  competition  heterotroph  autotroph

22  When two or more organisms are trying to get the same resource; stronger or better one wins  symbiosis  competition  mutualism  commensalism

23  Model that shows overlapping patterns and possibilities of how organisms get energy  Food web  Food chain  Energy pyramid  ecosystem

24  Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit  commensalism  mutualism  predation  parasitism

25  Forested biome just below the tundra at higher latitudes whose predominant species of plant is the pine tree  rainforest  savanna  prairie  taiga

26  Organism that eats anything- plants AND animals for energy  carnivore  herbivore  omnivore  autotroph

27  Role an organism has in an ecosystem  habitat  co-evolution  niche  limiting factor

28  Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected  mutualism  parasitism  competition  commensalism 

29  Organism that makes its own food; AKA producer  autotroph  heterotroph  consumer  omnivore

30  Biome in Africa; exists just above tropical zones and characterized by few trees, lots of grasses, herbivores and large predators  prairie  tundra  temperate grassland  savanna

31  Evergreen forest biome with fairly cold winters and cool summers that exist between the tundra and temperate forest areas.  Boreal forest  Coniferous forest  Taiga  All of the above

32  Aquatic biome with a mix of salt and fresh water  marine  estuary  terrestrial  pond

33  When two separate species change over time together that benefit both.  mutualism  commensalism  co-evolution  niche

34  Any living thing  abiotic  population  ecosystem  organism

35  A change in an organism that allows it to survive better and more successfully  niche  adaptation  herbivore  aquatic 

36  Organsim that must eat something else for energy  Consumer/heterotroph  Heterotroph/autotroph  Autotroph/consumer  Autotroph/producer

37  Organism that makes its own energy; does NOT have to eat other things  Consumer/heterotroph  Heterotroph/autotroph  Autotroph/consumer  Autotroph/producer

38  A living thing in an ecosystem  biotic  abiotic  limiting factor  competition

39  Biome at mid latitudes characterized by moderate temperatures and conditions with few trees and lots of grasses; AKA prairie in the US  Temperate forest  temperate grassland  savanna  taiga 

40  The community of living things and the non living things with it. All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area.  ecosystem  environment  habitat  ecology