Bio Study Guide

2. Short-term changes in temperature, precipitation, clouds, and wind from day to day
5. the study of nature’s “Houses”
8. All gases that surround earth
9. A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
13. The number of individuals of a species that an environment can support
15. The way individuals are spaced out across their range
18. Factors that affect populations regardless of population size and density
20. Rocks, continents, ocean floor

1. Acquire energy from other organisms
3. Any nonliving part of the environment
4. The first producers of energy-rich compounds
6. Individuals that move into its range from elsewhere
7. Limiting factors that operate more strongly when population density is high
10. Any living part of the environment that an organism might interact with
11. everywhere life exists
12. If there is a lack of resources, some animals may move
14. Patterns and averages over many years of temperature, precip, clouds, wind, and extreme weather
16. Capture energy from nonliving factors
17. Chemical energy powering production of carbohydrates
19. All the organisms that live in a place together with their physical environment