Science Final Flashcards
All the different populations that live together in an area make up a
community
All of the organisms that live in a particular area, along with the non living environment is called
ecosystem
the lack if surface to attach to is an example of _______ acting as a ______ factor that stops barnacle poplation growth
space, limiting
_______ is the process of a gas changing back to a liquid and form cloud
condensation
what is an example of a organism that can be both 1st and 2nd level consumer
groise
Nitrogen that exists in the air is fixed by ______ in the root nodules
Bacteria
______ use nitrogen to make many complex compounds. WHen animals eat thenm, the nitrogen goes to them
Plants
Why is it necessary to add a nitrogen based fertilizer to the soil where there was a patch of grass
Because plants cannot use “free” nitrogen
what ways are plants involved in the oxygen and carbon cycles
photosynthesis, respiration, decompsition
what do lung worms and fly larvae have in common
They have different niches in the same habitat
what is the first species to populate a new land called
pioneer
_______ succession is a series of changes that allows new species to inhabit an area that already had a pioneer species
secondary
grass, trees and weeds are
producers
coyotes and vultures are
scavengers
According to what law is there a fixed amount of nitrogen on Earth
Law of Conservation of Mass
what are 2 examples of ways people increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmaosphere
driving a car to the store, and cuttign down tree in a forest
what is a relationship in shich one species benfits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed
commensalism
list 3 examples of ways prey adapt to survive
bright colors, camouflage, and night vision
what would most likely happen if farmlands that used ti be wetands stopped farming ad has water flow through again
populations of native wetland plants will recolonize
which ecosystem service matches with : recover from damage
regulatory services
which ecosystem service matches with: recreational services
cultural services
which ecosystem service matches with: water cycle and nutrients
supporting services