August
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is day-to-day conditions of the Earths atmosphere. Climate is long-term patterns over many years
What is Biotic and Abiotic?
Biotic is living. Abiotic is non-living
What is the term used for populations moving into an area?
Immigration
Why must cells constantly produce ATP?
It gets used up too quickly
What can Pyruvate be used in?
Anaerobic Processes
What happens during El Nino?
Trade winds weaken, and warm waters are pushed back east.
Where do coastal Oceans extend from?
The low tide mark
When something only eats producers it is known as a primary consumer. What is another name for a primary consumer?
Herbivore
What happens to the Pyruvic acid during the Krebs cycle?
It turns into Carbon Dioxide
What is the range of ATP produced in Electron Transport Chain?
30-32 ATP Molecules
What are Anthromes?
Human-Altered Biomes
What is Exponential Growth?
Population increasing more and more rapidly as more and more offspring are produced.
When do Algal Blooms appear in lakes and coastal oceans?
Springtime
What are the Reactants (Raw materials) in Photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide and Water
What two steps of Cellular respiration occur in the Mitochondrion?
Krebs cycle and Electron Transport Chain
How is the Northwest Coniferous forest classified?
Boreal forest or taiga, characterized by longer warmer growing season
What is a Density-Dependent limiting factor?
Limiting factors that operate more strongly when population density is high
What four elements make up most living things?
Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen
What are the three steps of Cellular Respiration?
Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, and Electron Transport Chain
What occurs every time a pair of high-energy electrons move down the Electron Transport Chain?
The energy moves H+ Ions across the membrane
Biomes are described in terms of which two factors?
Abiotic and Biotic
What percent of the ocean is Costal Ocean?
7%
What is Biomass?
Total amount of living tissue within a trophic level (within each step in a food chain/web)
What is a Matrix?
The innermost compartment of the Mitochondrion
What else occurs during the Krebs Cycle?
Citrate Synthesis