Cell Vocab.
controls which substances pass in and out of the cell
What is Cell Membrane?
found where the fresh water of a river meets the saltwater of an ocean
What is an Estuary?
the series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
What is Succession?
mating of animals in zoo or on wildlife
What is Captive Breeding?
What are three factors that can limit species distribution?
physical barriers, competiton, and climate
small grain shaped organelles that produce proteins
What is a Ribosomes?
What are two Major Aquatic Ecosystems?
freshwater and saltwater ecosystems
What is a resource?
anything in an ecosystem that you need to live
loss of a natural habitat
What is Habitat Destruction?
What are four causes of species distribution?
continental drift,wind,water, and living things
fills the region between the cell membrane and the nucleus
What is cytoplasm?
What are 4 abiotic factors that affect all aquatic ecosystems?
sunlight,temperature,oxygen and salt content
the first species to populate an area
What is a Pioneer Species?
a nonliving resource
What is abiotic resource?
What are 4 ways in which humans negatively affect?
habitat destruction,poaching,pollution, and exotic species
converts energy stored in food to energy the cell can use to live and function
What is a Mitochondria?
Which zone do algae live in?
Nertic zone
the series of changes that changes that occurs in an area where no soil or organisms exist
What is Primary succession?
the number of different species in an area
What is biodiversity?
Which organelles are found in both plant and animals cells?
ER Vacuole Cytoplasm Mitochondria Cell Membrane
Golgi Apparatus Ribosomes Nucleus
breaks down large food particles into smaller ones
What is a lysosomes?
location on the shore between the highest high tide line and the lowest low tide line
What is the Intertidal zone?
the process in which certain gases trap the sun's energy in Earth's atmosphere as heat
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
What is Extinction?
Why does oxygen always diffuse into an animal cell?
The cell does not have to use any energy to get the oxygen in the cell plant cells do>