Biology Keystone Exam Vocabulary Review: Unit 8

Describes the nonliving factors of an ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• antibiotic

• biographic

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Describes the living organisms in an ecosystem.

• biotic

• abiotic

• inorganic

• amorphic

The artificial cultivation of food, fiber, and other goods by the systematic growing and harvesting of various organisms.

• agriculture

• demographics

• biogeochemistry

• trophicology

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Describes an organism associated with a water environment.

• atmospheric

• terrestrial

• aquatic

• nonnative

Changing organic material into other chemical forms such as fuel.

• detrivorious conversion

• inorganic conversion

• biogeographic conversion

• biochemical conversion

The movement of abiotic factors between the living and nonliving components within an ecosystem; aka nutrient cycles

• water cycle

• biogeochemical cycles

• energy cycle

• greenhouse effect

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A large collection of ecosystems with distinct plant and animal groups adapted to the region is called a ______

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

• Land
• Water
• Climate
• Longitude

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The system that contains all living things on Earth.

• Biosphere

• Atmoshpere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

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A collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another.

• Population
• Ecosystem
• Community
• Ecosphere

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