ECOLOGY
CYCLES IN NATURE
Science is Life
RANDOM
Behavior
100
This term represents the maximum # of organisms that an environment can support.
What is carrying capacity
100
The process by which water enters the atmosphere from lakes and ponds and streams.
What is evaporation.
100
A group of several populations that interact within an ecosystem.
What is a community.
100
A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits at the expense of another species.
What is parasitism.
100
Behavior exhibited to attract a mate.
What is courtship behavior.
200
This is an organisms that eats both producers and consumers.
What is an omnivore.
200
The process by which carbon enters the biotic portions of Earth.
What is photosynthesis.
200
What are the 3 types of symbiotic relationships?
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
200
A behavior that is learned early in life and cannot be changed once it is learned.
What is imprinting.
200
Highly specific chemicals that are a type of communication among organisms of the same species.
pheromones.
300
This biome is where we are located, with deciduous trees that drop their leaves in the fall.
What is the temperate forest.
300
The process by which water is returned to the atmosphere from the leaves of plants.
What is transpiration.
300
What is the advantage of dominance hierarchy established among a population?
Reduces conflict.
300
Type of gas used during photosynthesis in order to produce sugar.
What is carbon dioxide.
300
The scientist who researched classical conditioning using a salivating dog.
Ivan Pavlov
400
These organisms occupy the greatest amount of space, energy, and biomass on a food pyramid.
What is the producers/autotrophs.
400
These are the 4 biogeochemical cycles discussed in class.
What is 1. water cycle 2. carbon cycle 3. nitrogen cycle 4. phosphorus cycle
400
What is the difference between an observation and an inference?
Observation is based on evidence, an inference is an idea or opinion.
400
A model showing the feeding relationships among organisms.
What is a food web.
400
Behavior in which an animal learns to associate its response to a stimulus with a reward or punishment.
What is operant conditioning.
500
These are 2 things that decrease as your move through the trophic levels of a food pyramid.
Possible answers: biomass, available energy, # of organisms
500
Describe the process of nitrogen fixation.
Answers will vary...
500
Contrast independent and dependent variables, and tell where they are placed on a graph.
dependent-being measured, on y-axis independent-intentionally changed, on x-axis
500
What is the main limiting factor for the number of trophic levels in an ecosystem?
What is the amount of energy available.
500
List 5 types of innate behaviors.
answers will vary...
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