Energy Pyramids & Trophic Levels
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction
Levels of Organization
Natural vs. Artificial Selection
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100

This is the first trophic level in an energy pyramid.

Producer

100

Asexual reproduction involves this __ parent(s).

1 parent

100

This is the smallest level of organization in a living organism.

Cell

100

The process by which organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce is called....

Natural Selection

100

The main organ of the circulatory system that pumps blood.

Heart

200

Herbivores are also called this in a food chain.

Primary Consumers

200

Strawberries and potatoes reproduce asexually using these structures.

Vegetative Propagation

200

A group of similar cells working together forms this.

Cell

200

Farmers breeding cows to produce more milk is an example of what type of selection.

Artificial Selection

200

The main organ of the respiratory system.

Lungs

300

In an energy pyramid, only this percent of energy is passed from one level to the next.

10%

300

Bacteria reproduce by splitting into two identical cells in this process.

Binary Fission

300

All the populations of different species in an area form this level of organization.

Community

300

This scientist developed the theory of natural selection. 

Charles Darwin

300

These cells help fight infections in the body.

White Blood Cells

400

A hawk is an example of this type of consumer because it eats secondary consumers.

Tertiary Consumer

400

Offspring from sexual reproduction are this compared to their parents.

Genetically different

400

The correct order of biological organization from smallest to largest is...

cell → tissue → organ → organ system → organism

400

Over many generations, natural selection can lead to the development of new species in a process called...

Evolution

400

This muscle contracts and relaxes to help the lungs expand and deflate. 

Diaphragm 

500

If all primary consumers were removed from an ecosystem, the population of this level would increase first.

Producer

500

Sexual reproduction creates genetic diversity, but it also requires this (_____), making it slower than asexual reproduction.

Finding a Mate

500

The highest level of biological organization, which includes all ecosystems on Earth, is called...

Biosphere

500

Camouflage and mimicry are examples of traits that help organisms survive. These traits are called... 

Adaptation

500

These vessels carry blood away from the heart.

 These vessels carry blood back to the heart.

What are the three main components of the Circulatory System?

Arteries

Veins

Blood, Blood Vessels, and the Heart

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