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Define

Population

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The amount of species in one are at one point in time

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Define

Species

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A specific type of organism

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Define

Dispersion

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How organisms spread out

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Define natality

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Number of births in an ecosystem

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Define

Mortality

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Number of deaths in an ecosystem

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Define

Carrying capacity

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Number of organisms that an area can support

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Define

Gene flow

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Spread of genes to different areas

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Define

Growth rate

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Comparison of births and deaths

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Define

Genetic drift

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Isolated populations develop different traits

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Define

Natural selections

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Nature decides which traits are favorable

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Give an example that is a representation of population

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Population of freshman in mr.aldrich’s 3rd period biology

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What is the movement in alleles into and out of a population called

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Gene flow

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How does natural selection shape populations

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Changes alleles and traits

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The population size that can be sustained by an environment over time is the

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Carrying capacity

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Which tropic level does the grass fill

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Producer

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Which tropic level does the mouse fill

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Secondary consumer- carnivore

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Which level in the energy pyramid does the fox fill

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Top consumer

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Which level in the energy pyramid does the grasshopper fill

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Primary consumer

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Which organisms don’t fit the energy pyramid

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Detritivores

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Is a lion killing a sheep an example of a biotic factor

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Yes

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Is water for fish to swim in an example of an abiotic factor

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Yes

21
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About how much energy is passed between feeding level

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10%

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Ones the earth have all of the energy it will ever have

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No

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Why must we recycle

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Because we ready have all of the matter we will ever have

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Is nitrogen easily absorbed by animals

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No, we have to get it from plants in order to absorb it

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Is nitrogen easily absorbed by plants

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No it needs to be converted to nitrates

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What is the main source of energy for biological cycles

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The sun

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What are the primary consumers in an energy pyramid

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Herbivores

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What is a food web

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Network of food chains

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Why is a large gene pool advantageous

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Because it hides the bad traits

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The number of species in an ecosystem is referred to as what

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Biodiversity

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Why is nitrogen important to plants and animals

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Gives animals proteins for cells

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Organisms that feed on already dead organisms and break down matter are

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Scavengers

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In the nitrogen cycle what is nitrogen converted into so plants can absorb it

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Nitrates

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How are predators a limiting factor to prey in populations

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Lower the preys population

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How are prey a limiting factor to predator populations

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The prey is the predators food source

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Is a lion eating a goat an example of parasitism

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No because it isn’t an ongoing process

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Lizards getting faster as bugs get faster is an example of

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Convolution

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Bird eating bugs that infest a rhinos ear is an example of

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Mutualism

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In which type of symbiosis do both organisms benefit from the relationship

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Mutualism

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Do all members of a species share the same niche in an ecosystem

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Yes

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Why are biomes named for the plant life in an area

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Because plants can only live under certain conditions

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Do grasslands typically have the same amount if precipitation as forests

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No

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Are tundra and deserts at opposite ends of the biome spectrum

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No

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Which biomes have the least amount of rainfall

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Desert and tundra

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Which forests has the deepest amount of soil

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Deciduous forests

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In which biomes will you find the most biodiversity

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Tropical rainforest

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