Miller and levine biology Chapters 1,2, and 3

Buffer

Who is a solution of an acid or a base which in reaction with intense acid or base doesnt allow sudden changes in pH? Answer with a single words or term.

Omnivore

________- an organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals.

Herbivore

________- an organism that obtains energy by eating plants only.

Carnivore

________- an organism that obtains energy by eating animals.

Aquaculture

________- Raising marine and freshwater fish in ponds and underwater.

Neutrons

________ do not carry a charge.

Biosphere

________- part of the earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere.

Chemosynthesis

________- the process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates.

Immigration

________- a movement of individuals into an area occupied by an existing population.

Biotic Factor

________- any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact.

Parasitism

________- symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism and harms it.

Mutualism

________- symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship.

Biological magnification

________- the process by which pollutants become more concentrated in successive trophic levels of a food web.

Symbiosis

________- relationship in which two species live close together.

deoxyribonucleic acid complex information

________ needed to grow, live and reproduce.

Curiosity

________- strong desire to know or learn something.

Electrons

________ have a significantly smaller mass compared to protons and neutrons.

molecule

A(n) ________ is polar when there is an uneven distribution of the charges.

Commensalism

________- symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Ecological pyramid

________- illustration of the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a given food chain or food web.

Predation

________- interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism.

Ecology

________- the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.

Scavenger

________- an animal that consumers the carcasses of other animals.

Habitat

________- an area where an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it.

Adhesion

________- the attraction between molecules of different substances.