Vocabulary
Biotic Factors
What graph has no limiting factors?
Exponential graph
What are lipids made of?
Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (CHo)
What is trophic level?
Eats both consumers and plants
Omnivores
What determines carrying capcity?
Limiting factors
What are protein molecules made of?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen (CHON)
What level of the food pyramid has the least amount of energy?
Apex predator
What is a food chain?
Name 3 limiting factors.
Food, water, shelter, space, predators, oxygen, minerals, weather, temperature, light, competition, disease, etc.
What are Nucleic Acids made of?
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus (CHONP)
What is the fourth level in a food pyramid?
Tertiary Consumers
Occurs in formerly inhabited areas that's been disturbed by a fire, floods, farming, etc.?
Secondary Succession
On a Logistic Growth graph, what does the K stand for?
Carrying Capacity
What are the 4 types of large organic molecules?
1. protein
2. Carbohydrates
3. Lipids (fats)
4. Nucleic acids
True or False?
Do decomposers recycle the nutrients from all levels on the food pyramid?
True
Makes their own food
Producer
What is carrying capacity?
Maximum population size that can be supported in a particular area without destroying a habitat.
What does DNA and RNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Ribonucleic Acid
What part of the food pyramid produces the most energy and how much?
Producers
100%