Ecology L1
These animals rely mainly on external sources of heat and regulate their body temperature by moving to warmer or cooler locations.
What are ectotherms?
What do we call an organism that cannot make its own food and obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?
What is a heterotroph?
What weak bonds hold water molecules together?
What are hydrogen bonds?
What long projections do some bacteria use for movement?
What are flagella?
How many hearts does an octopus have?
What are three hearts?
This type of behaviour is inherited and performed without prior learning.
What is instinct?
In this symbiotic relationship, one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
What type of bond forms when one atom transfers electrons to another, producing oppositely charged ions?
What is an ionic bond?
Which organelle stores water and other molecules and helps remove waste from eukaryotic cells?
What is a vacuole?
What is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight?
What is a bat?
A bird gradually stops reacting to a harmless sound it hears repeatedly. What type of learning is this?
What is habituation?
What do we call all the populations of different species living in the same place at the same time?
What is a biological community?
What reaction joins two monomers by removing a molecule of water?
What is a condensation reaction?
Where is hereditary information stored, organized into structures called chromosomes?
What is the nucleus?
Which animal can survive for days without its head, provided its body remains alive?
What is a cockroach?
Birds use these signals, including songs and calls, to attract mates or communicate with other animals.
What are auditory signals?
What is the process in which toxic substances become increasingly concentrated at higher trophic levels of a food chain?
What is biomagnification?
What type of bond joins successive monosaccharides together to form carbohydrates?
What is a glycosidic bond?
Which organelle modifies, processes, and sorts proteins using stacks of flattened sacs?
What is the Golgi complex?
What is the only food that supposedly never spoils?
What is honey?
This type of aggressive behaviour occurs when animals compete for food, territory, or other resources.
What is agonistic behaviour?
A species is introduced into a new area, is not native to that area, and causes harm to the local community. What is this species called?
What is an invasive species?
What four-ringed lipid is found in cell membranes and helps regulate membrane fluidity?
What is cholesterol?
Which membrane-bound organelles contain digestive enzymes that break down old organelles, cellular debris, and ingested particles?
What are lysosomes?
What is the national animal of Scotland, despite being a mythical creature?
What is a unicorn? 🦄