Vocab
What is a series of chemical reactions that break down glucose to produce ATP?
Cellular Respiration
Where does a plant get water?
From the Roots
What are the different forms of energy in biology? (Name 1)
Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, and Chemical Energy
Is Pregnancy Symbiotic?
Yes, Scientist would consider pregnancy as an inherently symbiotic process
What is the paradox of population dynamics?
The annual increments in global population are still increasing, even though the rate of growth has begun to decline.
What is any organism that breaks down or eats decaying material for its energy source?
Decomposers
What organisms can carry out photosynthesis?
Plants, algae, and a group of bacteria called cyanobacteria
What is the pathway of energy flow also known as?
Food chains
What are the 4 symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, and competition
What is the theory of population dynamics?
The relative growth rate of a population is a function of the environment in which it lives.
What is an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals?
Carnivore
What does Photosynthesis need?
Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
What is the flow of energy in a biological system called?
Bioenergetics
What are the 3 main types of symbiosis?
Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism
What is an example of a dynamic population?
A hive of bees, a colony of ants and a parliament of owls
What organelle is found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur?
What does Photosynthesis create?
Oxygen and Sugar
What are the 4 stages of energy flow?
The producers, Herbivores, Primary carnivores, and the Top carnivores.
What is an example of Symbiosis? (Name 1)
Clownfish/sea anemones, bees/flowers, whales/barnacles, oxpeckers/large animals, braconid wasps/tomato hornworms, and Nile Crocodiles/Egyptian Plovers
What are the 4 components of population dynamics?
Birth, death, immigration, and emigration of individuals
What is an organism that causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native?
Invasive Species
Where does Photosynthesis happen?
Chloroplasts
What is Energy Flow?
The flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem
What is Symbiosis?
Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
What is Population Dynamics?
The portion of ecology that deals with the variation in time and space of population size and density for one or more species