Logistics growth is different from exponential growth because
What is it levels off at carrying capacity
100
These organisms consume all other organisms and return them back to the environment
What is decomposers
100
The Terrestrial Biome that contains the most biomass
What is Rainforest
100
This term is used to describe a male and female of a certain species that raise their young together since they require a lot of support
What is monogamy
100
A community is rich if is has _____________
What is a large amount of biodiversity
200
If many more offspring are being born than the number of individuals at reproductive age, the population is _________
What is Increasing
200
Species who eat the same food occupy the same ____________
What is trophic level
200
The biome that has the highest daily temperature variations
What is desert
200
The relationship between a sea otter and kelp or fungus and algae in lichen
What is mutualism
200
In primary succession, the pioneer species is _____________
What is lichen
300
a population that has many offspring who require no parental care and have a short life span is considered a ____________ population
What is r-strategy or oppurtunistic
300
Bacteria in the soil and on plant roots transform unusable nitrogen into usable nitrogen through the process of ________
What is Nitrogen Fixation
300
The biome that has long winters, short summers, and is completely dominated by evergreens
What is Taiga
300
A population that is vitally important to the ecosystems and if died off, the ecosystem would collapse.
What is keystone species
300
When organism are brightly colored to warn predators of their poisonous nature
What is Aposematic or Warning Coloration
400
The amount of energy gained after accounting for cellular respiration in plants
What is net primary production
400
When heat is released during energy transfer, the heat is called _________
What is Entropy
400
The biome with a layer of permafrost on the ground all year long and very few reptiles
What is arctic tundra
400
The process by which two populations whom live in the same environment and occupy the same niche and the weaker of the two die out.
What is Competition Exclusion
400
When 2 populations, living in the same niche, with the same niche, diverge in characteristic that overlap
What is character displacement
500
A mature, stable, well-established population in favorable condition
What is carrying capacity
500
Name 3 factors that contribute the amount of dissolved oxygen in an ecosystem
What is turbulence, temperature, primary producers, salt content, and decomposition activity
500
An Oligotrophic Lake contains ________ primary production
What is little to none
500
Grass --> Grasshopper --> prairie dog --> coyote
If the Grass contained a chemical from the fertilizer used on it, which organism in the food web would show the highest concentration of this chemical?
What is Coyote
500
When a harmless organism has similar colorations to a poisonous organisms to avoid predation