Vocabulary
The biological relationship between two organisms
what is Symbiosis
a graph that cannot show any for of populations
what is linear
the organism that drives the nitrogen cycle
what is bacteria
the overall warming of the earth caused by greenhouse gases
what is global warming/climate change
an organism that makes its own food
what is autotroph/producer
A relationship where one organism benefits the other does neither harmed or helped
what is Commensalism
the max amount of a type of species that can live in and area
what is carrying capacity
the process which carbon dioxide is converted into organic material
what is photosynthesis
the biggest way methane is released into the atmosphere
what is livestock
one eats the dead meat of organisms and the other breaks down and takes the nutrients from dead organisms
what is the difference between scavenger and decomposer
the role an organism plays
what is a niche
the way that the human population is growing
what is exponential
the process of converting ammonia into nitrates
what is nitrification
the most likely gas causing global warming
what is carbon dioxide
the amount of energy lost between transfers
what is 90%
a connection of food chains to form and interconnected web
what is a food web
limiting factors that effect bigger populations ex. disease/lack of food
what is the carbon cycle
_______ are rising due to global warming
what is sea levels
areas without oxygen in water
what is hypoxic
fertilizers from farms run off into water and cause algae growth which in the end leads to bacteria taking the oxygen and fish dying off
what is eutrophication
the amount of children per woman
what is TFR/Total fertility rate
nitrogen is needed for two things
what is DNA/proteins
the action which trees are being cut down for space causing an increase in carbon dioxide
what is deforestation
this breaks down and destroys the ozone in the atmosphere
what are cfc's