Nature of Science
Chemistry of Life
The Biosphere
Ecosystems
Population Ecology
100
An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence
What is science?
100
A pure substance of one type of atom
What is an element?
100
Something that consumes other things
What is a heterotroph?
100
A relationship between two species that is beneficial to both
What is mutualism?
100
Refers to the number of individuals per unit area
What is population density?
200
A proposed answer to a scientific question (Why? How? What?)
What is a hypothesis?
200
proteins that speed up chemical reactions
What is an enzyme?
200
Nonliving parts of the ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
200
A relationship between two species in which one benefits and the other neither benefits nor is hurt
What is commensalism
200
What is exponential growth?
300
Any factor, trait, or condition that can exist in differing amounts or types
What is a variable?
300
A substance made by combining 2 or more elements
What is a compound?
300
Living parts of the ecosystem
What are biotic factors?
300
A general place where an organism lives
What is a habitat?
300
Abiotic. Includes hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires
What is density independence?
400
An observed phenomenon that happens consistently
What is a law?
400
An atom or compound that has gained or lost an electron
What is an ion?
400
Something that makes it's own "food"
What are autotrophs?
400
A species that causes dramatic change and increases biodiversity
What is a keystone species?
400
Biotic. Includes: competition, predation, and disease
What are density dependent factors?
500
A factor, trait, or condition that can either be measured categorically (in groups/types) or numerically (number of times/events/amounts) that you control or account for
What is an independent variable
500
The ability to do work
What is energy?
500
individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
What are the levels or organization?
500
Where an organism lives and how it interacts with it's environment
What is a niche
500
What is logistic growth?