THE ECOLOGY STUFF Pt 2

Question 1

biochemical cycles and hydrologic cycles

Answer 1

biochemical: it’s like how water molecules flow through the cycle
hydrologic cycle: its the water cycle

Question 2

what are hydrogen bonds?

Answer 2

its the weak bonds between hydrogens that make it a good holder of things

Question 3

adhesion

Answer 3

the attraction of water molecules

Question 4

what is rapid cycling and slow cycling

Answer 4

rapid cycling is when nutrients go through the nutrient reservoir at a fast pace. and slow cycling is when it takes a long while for a nutrient to become available

Question 5

what do these letters stand for? D,K,P,C,O,F,G,S

Answer 5

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 6

whats in the domain

Answer 6

eukarya (plants animals, fungi anything that can have offspring and is multicellular)
bacteria (unicelluar)
archea (the old ones)

Question 7

whats in kingdom

Answer 7

fungi, plantea. animalila, protist and the other bacteria ones

Question 8

whats in class cause we ignoring phylum

Answer 8

its the thing that operates other groups for like fish and birds and mammals for example a bobcat would be in Mammalia

Question 9

what is order

Answer 9

and even way to separate things for the bobcat this would be carnivoria

Question 10

family

Answer 10

the family is what they belong to so for a bobcat it would be Felidae aka the cat family and these are general chaticaristcs

Question 11

genus

Answer 11

is more specific so for a bobcat what would be the genus lynx

Question 12

species

Answer 12

this is what it is so for a bobcat it would be rufus

Question 13

what are the naming rules

Answer 13

first off all words are in Latin and the genus is capitalized and is slanted

Question 14

whats a dichotomous key

Answer 14

the plant identification its like a this or that to find plants and or insects

Question 15

whats biodiversity

Answer 15

It how diverse habitat is