Module 3 Biology

1. series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
3. evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
8. total dry mass of organisms within a trophic level
9. consumer that eats secondary consumers
10. specific environment of an organism including both biotic and abiotic factors
14. factors in an environment which are living
15. an organism that breaks down dead remains of another
18. group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life
19. symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited
20. symbiotic relationship where all organisms benefit
21. an organism which produces its own food

2. the number of living organisms that an ecosystem can support without environmental degradation
4. group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together
5. growth that is unhindered because of an abundance of resources
6. symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
7. an organism's role in its ecosystem
11. factors affecting organisms which include the nonliving physical and chemical conditions
12. type of population growth controlled by limited resources or presence of predators or both
13. effect created when certain gases like CO2, water vapor and methane trap heat
16. study of interactions between living and nonliving things
17. type of consumer that eats producers
19. group of populations living and interacting in the same area