Definitions

Question 0

Where do all living things get energy from?

Answer 0

The sun

Question 1

Interdependence

Answer 1

When organisms rely on other living & nonliving things to survive.

Question 2

What do arrows mean?

Answer 2

Energy transfer

Question 3

Primary consumer & example

Answer 3

Rabbit , primary consumer eats only producers & is a heterotroph or herbivore

Question 4

Secondary consumer & example

Answer 4

Bear, it eats the primary. It’s a carnivore/ heterotroph

Question 5

Tertiary consumer & example

Answer 5

Tiger, it’s a carnivore/heterotroph

Question 6

What does a food web tell us about life?

Answer 6

Organisms depend on each other to survive

Question 7

Chemosynthesis & who uses this?

Answer 7

Use of chemicals to create their energy. Detrivores & decomposes

Question 8

Homeostasis

Answer 8

Maintenance of a stable level of internal conditions even though the environment is constantly changing
Ex. Temp change body temp stays at 98.6 by sweating

Question 9

Stimuli

Answer 9

Physical/chemical change in the internal/external environment
Ex. Owl dilates pupil to keep light consistent

Question 10

Metabolism

Answer 10

Sum of all the chemical reactions that take in and transform energy and material from the environment
Ex. Photosynthesis sun➡️plant human eats food for energy

Question 11

Biogeochrmical cycles

Answer 11

Nitrogen carbon phosphorus and water

Question 12

What is a name for an antibiotic that is a control

Answer 12

Placebo

Question 13

Carrying capacity has what? & is represented by what graph?

Answer 13

Logistic and has units of ex. Per 100 squared meters

Question 14

Generalist / specialist

Answer 14

Generalist- range of conditions and resources (cockroach)

Specialist- narrow range (hummingbird)

Question 15

Niche vs habitat

Answer 15

Niche- role/job of a species in its environment

Habitat- place where an organism usually lives

Question 16

Exponential graph

Answer 16

Does not show limiting factors. Population size grows slowly but then speeds up as individuals join the population.

Question 17

What are the two kinds of limiting factors ?

Answer 17

Density-Dependent and density-independent factors
DD-variable affected by the number of organisms presented in a given area (resource limitations like food shortages and are triggered by increasing population density)
DI-variable that affects the population regardless of the population density,such as climate,weather,floods,fires

Question 18

Population density

Answer 18

The number of individuals of the same species that live in a given unit of area