Bio Vocab Chapter 3

Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.

Contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists, including land, water, and air or atmosphere

A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring

Group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

Assemblages of different populations that live together in a defined area

Collections of all the organisms that live in a particular place together with their nonliving or physical environment

Group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant communities

Organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds

An organism that makes its own food

Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to power chemical reactions that convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

Process by which some organisms use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates

Organism that obtains energy from the food it consumes, also called....?

Organism that obtains energy by eating animals

Organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

Organism that obtains energy by eating both plants & animals