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Levels of organization from Most to least complex
Organism, Organ System, Organ, Tissue, Cell
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What is a dichotomous key
A key used for the identification of organisms using paired statements.
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What is biodiversity?
Variety of living things in an ecosystem
Bio= Life Diversity= Variety/Different
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Which is faster between Primary and Secondary Succession.
What do both start with?
Primary= Slower, bare rock
Secondary= Faster, starts with soil
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Primary Succession
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What do they eat/receive their energy from? Heterotroph or Autotroph?
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Producers
Heterotrophs= Plants, Both, Meat
Autotroph= get energy from the sun
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What do the arrows on a food web represent?
Transfer of Energy
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6CO2 + 6H2O + radiant energy
→ C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbon dioxide+ Water+ Radiant Energy →
Glucose Oxygen
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Permeability vs Porosity
How Easy water flows through,
Open Spaces in sediment
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Chloroplast
Makes food for plant cells (Chef/ where photosynthesis takes place
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Describe the function of the cell membrane
Controls what goes in and out of the cell (Gatekeeper/ Door in the classroom)
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Least to most complex
Gene, Dna, Chromosome, Nucleus, Cell, Organism
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What percent of energy is passed from one level to the next?
10%
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Describe Sexual reproduction vs Asexual Reproduction
SR= 2 parents/ variety in genetics
AR= 1 parent/ identical offsprings
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What are the three parts to Cell Theory?
Cells are the basic units of structure,
all cells come from preexisting cells,
all living things are made up of cells
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Budding, Fragmentation and regeneration are examples of?
Asexual
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How are prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells different from one another?
Prokaryotic cells do not have a nucleus, unicellular and Eukaryotic has a nucleus and multicellular
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Selective breeding vs Natural Selection
SB=when HUMANS choose or select which traits are passed down to the offspring.
NS= when NATURE chooses which traits are advantageous to the offspring.
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What is a producer and how do they receive energy
Organism that creates its own food and receives energy from the sun
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Radiant energy converts to _______________ energy during the process of photosynthesis.
Chemical
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When it rains, the water can do one of 3 things: become
runoff_, __ground water, or _surface water
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If we remove a high amount of water from the ground, what will happen to the surface of the Earth?
Ground will begin to sink/ sink holes
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What is the difference between point source and nonpoint source water pollution?
Point source is we can trace the source of pollution (factory spill, Oil spill from boats, water treatment plant)
Nonpoint source is when we cannot determine the exact source of pollution (pet waste, rural homes, city streets, cropland, animal feedlots)
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What is a watershed?
Area of land When water flows from high to low elevation
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Label the parts of the diagram below using the following terms: saturated, unsaturated, water table.
A- Zone of Aeriation
B- Zone of Saturation
C- Water Table
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