What is this, Chemistry?
This particle has a negative charge
What is an electron?
Left unregulated, a population can grow in this fashion
What is exponentially?
The portion of earth that supports life is called this
What is the biosphere?
This is the variety of life in all forms
What is biodiversity
This is where the phosphorus comes from
What is weathered rock?
When water is behind a dam, there is this kind of energy
What is potential energy?
Grasshoppers are a/an ____selected organism and have a higher biotic potential.
What is r-selected?
This is what happens when plate boundaries slide past each other
What is an earthquake?
Species diverge genetically and become distinct species in this process
What is speciation?
Underground water reservoirs are called this
What are aquifers?
These are what make up proteins
What is are amino acids?
Gorillas are an example of this type of survivorship
What is type 1
Dr. O'Neal says that the largest carbon source is found here
What is sedimentary rock?
A community interacting with its abiotic environment is considered this
What is an ecosystem?
Petroleum based, moldable, synthetic polymers are this
What is plastic?
Conversion of nitrogen into a more usable form is called this
What is ammonification
Populations near the carrying capacity look a lot like this
What is S shaped?
Disease and predators are considered this kind of factor on populations
What is density dependent?
This type of system tends to stabilize conditions
What is a negative feedback loop?
This diagram is used to show how species are related to a common ancestor
What is a phylogenetic tree?
This particular component of cells is insoluble in water
What is a lipid?
This represents the largest number of individuals of a population an environment can support
What is the carrying capacity
Heat in the earth's mantle causes this
This is the selection process directed by humans
What is artificial selection
Fixation of this element is carried out by bacteria
What is nitrogen?
7 is this many times more acidic than 9 on the pH scale
What is 100?
An example of this kind of selected organism is a whale
What is K-selected?
The amount of energy available after a plant has used the energy is called this
What is Net Primary Productivity (NPP)?
When excess nutrients enter the aquatic ecosystems, this is likely to happen
What is eutrophication?
This is just a constant state of death
What is a type 2 survivorship curve?
You can change chemical energy in an item into thermal energy by doing this activity
What is burning it?
This is a role an organism has in its habitat
What is a niche?
A species found in one place and nowhere else, such as the Houston Toad, is called this
What is an endemic species?
The "in-between" area between ecosystems is this
What is an ecotone?
Most species that have ever lived are said to be this
What is extinct?
this is the formula for cellular respiration
What is glucose+oxygen {turns into} water+carbon dioxide+energy
High death rates for the young is this
What is a type 3 survivorship?
These can be caused by earthquakes and volcanoes
What are tsunamis?
When system processes move in opposing directions at the same rate, it is called
What is dynamic equilibrium?
A feedback loop that continues without limitations is called this
What is a positive feedback loop?