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100What is BIOLOGY.
The study of life.
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100What is an HYPOTHESIS.
An explanation for a question or a problem that can be formally tested.
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100What is an ABIOTIC FACTOR.
A nonliving factor in an ecosystem.
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100What is a HABITAT.
The place where an organism lives out its life.
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100What is an AUTOTROPH.
An organism that uses light energy or energy stored in chemical compounds to make energy-rich compounds.
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200What is an ORGANISM.
Anything that possesses all of the characteristics of life.
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200What is an EXPERIMENT.
An investigation that tests a hypothesis by the process of collecting information under controlled conditions.
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200What is a BIOTIC FACTOR.
A living factor in an ecosystem.
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200What is a NICHE.
All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment--how it meets its specific needs.
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200What is an HETEROTROPH.
Organisms that feed only on autotrophs.
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300What is ORGANIZATION.
An orderly structure of organisms.
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300What is the CONTROL.
The part of an experiment that is the standard against which results are compared.
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300What is ECOLOGY.
The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.
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300What is assorted.
An example of two HABITATS.
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300What is a TROPHIC LEVEL.
The passage of energy and materials.
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400What is REPRODUCTION.
The production of offspring.
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400What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE.
The only factor that affects the outcome of the experiment.
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400What is POPULATION.
A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time.
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400What is assorted.
An example of two niches.
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400What is assorted...
Give me an example of each.
AUTOTROPH--1st Order Heterotroph--2nd Order Heterotroph--3rd Order Heterotroph
Complete the chain with any logical choice.
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500What is a SPECIES.
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
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500What is a THEORY.
An explanation of a natural phenomenon that is supported by a large body of scientific evidence obtained from many different investigations and observations.
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500What is an ECOSYSTEM.
Interacting populations in a biological community and the community's abiotic factors.
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500What is COMPETITION.
The way species interact when there is a limited supply of resources.
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500What is assorted.
Construct a FOOD WEB 5-level food web in 90 seconds.
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