Ecology (Unit 2)
What two variables are used to make a climate diagram?
Temperature and Precipitation
What three words MUST be included in a hypothesis?
If, Then, and Because
Complete the sentence...
Organisms cells _________ to produce new ______.
Divide; Cells
What type of transport requires enerygy?
Active Transport
What structure is responsible for pulling apart sister chromatids?
Spindle Fibers
What is the difference between Biotic and Abiotic Factors?
a. Whether something lives in water or on land.
b. Whether something is a plant or animal
c. Whether something is living or nonliving
d. Whether something is food or not food
C- Whether something is living or not living
What is the key word that helps you determine the Dependent Variable
"Measure"...What are you (the scientist) measuring within your experiment?
What organelle is responsible for providing energy to the cell?
The Mitochondria
What type of transport specifically controls the movement of water?
Osmosis
What are chromosomes made up of? Be specific!
Chromatin (DNA)
What type of graph uses a Carrying Capacity as a growth factor?
Logistic Growth Graph
What is the key word that helps you determine the Independent Variable
"Change"....What are you (as the scientist) changing within your experiment
Semi-permeable
When a cell becomes oversized due to an influx of water, we can assume they are in what type of solution? Hypertonic, Hypotonic, or Isotonic?
Hypotonic Solution
What are included in the cell cycle to avoid cancerous cells to enter mitosis? How many are there?
Checkpoints, there are 3 of them.
1. Growth Checkpoint
2. Replication Checkpoint
3. Division Checkpoint
Give one example of a Density Independent Variable within an ecosystem.
Acceptable answers-
Flood, Drought, Hurricane, etc. (any natural disaster)
Major climate changes
To determine whether you should make a bar graph and a line graph, what should you look for in a data set for both? (MUST GET BOTH RIGHT TO GET THE POINTS)
Bar Graph- Categories
Line Graph- Continuous Time
What organelle is considered the 'control room'?
The Nucleus
Facilitated diffusion requires the usage of what?
Channel of Carrier Proteins
What structure is formed when the chromosomes align themselves in the middle of the cell?
The metaphase plate
Assuming the consumer trophic level has 100% of the energy, what percentage of energy will be transferred to the next consumer level?
*Answer should be in a percentage!
10% of the energy (10% of 100)
List out the 3 necessities to create a complete graph. (bar or line)
1. Title
2. X and Y Axis are labeled
3. Accurate Scale
Name one structure that is found in
1. Plants ONLY
2. Animals ONLY
3. BOTH
1. Chloroplast or cell wall
2. Lysosomes
3. Any other organelle
A cell is placed in a solution and it does not change its overall shape/size. What solution was it placed in? Hypertonic, Hypotonic, or Isotonic?
Isotonic Solution
Write out (not just the first letter) all the phases of mitosis (IN ORDER)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis