Communities and Ecosystems Greenhouse Effect Populations Evolution Classification
100
What is a saprotroph?
Secretes digestive enzymes onto non-living organic matter
100
What is the greenhouse effect?
the increase in average temperature of the earth over a period of time
100
what is carrying capacity
The maximum number of individuals that a particular habitat can support
100
What is Evolution?
The process of cumulative change in the heritable characteristics of a population
100
What is Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protoctista, Prokaryotae
List the 5 Kingdoms
200
What is the deep sea (with hyrdothermal vents supplying chemical energy instead of light energy)?
Food chain that starts without sunlight
200
What is the Precautionary principle
An ethical theory which says that action should be taken to prevent harm even if there is not sufficient data to prove that the activity will have sever negative consequences
200
What is emigration?
This ia when members of a population leave
200
Antiobiotic-resistant bacteria
Give an example of natural selection
200
who is Carolus Linaeus?
He came up with Binomial Nomenclature
300
What is 10-20%?
the % (range) of energy used from previous step in food chain
300
What are carbs, proteins, lipids, atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere?
List 3 of the 6 places carbon is found
300
what is the exponential phase, the transitional phase, and the plateau phase
List the three phases of population growth
300
What is Fossil record, Artificial selection, and Homologous anatomical structures.
List the 2 of the 3 phenomena that provide evidence for the theory of evolution
300
What is Coniferophyta?
This plant phylum includes cedar, juniper, fir, and pine trees
400
What are earthworms, woodlice, dung beetles etc.?
Name two examples of detritivores
400
an increase in photosynthetic rates
changes in climate with varying effects on ecosystems
extinction of certain species
melting glaciers
a rise in sea level and flooding
List 3 of the 5 impacts of a global rise in temperature on the environment
400
What are plentiful resources, limited competition, limited predation?
List 2 reasons for exponential growth of a population
400
What are mutations in DNA and Sexual reproduction
These are the two causes of genetic variety
400
what are Dichotomous keys?
classifies organisms based on physical characteristics
500
What is the hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (gases), lithosphere (rocks), and biosphere (all living organisms)?
Name the four main components to the environment
500
What are carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane
A rise in human population and activity has led to an increase in concentrations of these 3 gasses
500
what is availability of resources
build up of waste
predation
disease
These 4 limiting factors define the carrying capacity of a habitat
500
Who is Will Kelsh?
This is the idiot of the group
500
what is porifera
cnidaria
platyhelminthes
annelida
mollusca
arthropoda
List 4 of the 7 animal phyla






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