Photosynthesis
Nutrient Cycles
Populations
Vocabulary
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What are the reactants for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide and Water
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What is known as the element of life?
Carbon
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This kind of growth occurs in areas with unlimited resources?
Exponential growth
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A group of individuals that belong to the same species, living in a given area at the same time is called a
Population
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Where is groundwater stored?
Aquifer
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What cells open close the stomata?
Guard Cells
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The burning of fossil fuels is known as....
Combustion
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What kind of dispersion pattern are seen in populations that live in family units?
Clumped
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The number of total individuals in a population are the
Population size
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What makes up the backbone of major macromolecules?
Carbon
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Tiny pores that allow for carbon dioxide to enter the leaf and oxygen to exit are called...
Stoma/Stomata
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Water moving through soil layers back to lakes and oceans is called....
Percolation
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Limiting environmental conditions such as weather and climate are known as...
Density-Independent limiting factors
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The process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches is called...
Photosynthesis
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During which year was the mouse population at zero population growth?
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Which layer of the leaf does the majority of the photosynthesizing? How do you know?
Palisade Mesophyll. It has the majority of the chloroplasts and the chloroplasts do the photosynthesizing.
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This stage of the carbon cycle only occurs under specific conditions.
Fossilization
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What kind of growth is shown here?
Exponential
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What is a survivorship curve?
Graphs that show how likely individuals of each species are to survive at each age.
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Which type of competition is less intense? Why?
Interspecific competition because it is between members of different species.
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What are the three factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis?
1. CO2 Concentration
2. Temperature
3. Light Intensity
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What occurs in the root nodules of leguminous plants?
Nitrogen fixation
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Spread of disease, parasites and competition are all examples of .........
Density-Dependent limiting factors
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The initial period during which individuals grow and start reproducing is known as the...
Lag period
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The maximum population size that the environment can support is the...
Carrying Capacity
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What is the symbol equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
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In this process, decomposers turn nitrogen compounds from dead organisms and organic waste into ammonium.
Ammonification
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What is the approximate carrying capacity for snakes?
15
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The uptake of nitrates from the soil by the roots of plants is known as...
Assimilation
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What is the word equation for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide + water --> glucose + oxygen