Unit 1
What symbiotic relationship includes both parties benefitting from each other?
Mutualism
What is a pioneer species?
The first species to colonize an area of brand new soil.
Phosphorus does NOT travel through which of the following spheres?
Atmosphere
What is the definition of nonrenewable energy?
Energy sources that can only be used once. Once they are gone, we cannot replace them
List the 4 irrigation systems
Flood, furrow, drip, spray
What is climax community? (Hint: Succession)
A balanced and stable community of plants and animals
A group of interconnected food chains is known as?
Food web
During photosynthesis, plants absorb _____ and sunlight to create fuel.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
List the types of renewable energy sources. List all five.
Hydropower, Biomass, Solar, Wind, and Geothermal.
What are some advantages for GMOs?
Stay fresh longer, longer shelf life, more food produced.
A mite lives in the base of eyelashes of people who use mascara. It feeds on the mascara, but does not seem to harm people. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Write out each trophic level of the food chain utilizing the following words. (primary consumer, tertiary consumer, secondary consumer, primary producer, decomposer, quaternary consumer)
PP -> PC -> SC -> TC -> QC -> D
What percentage of Nitrogen is found the atmosphere?
78%
A source of energy made from the remains of ancient, once-living things is known as _________?
Fossil Fuels
__________a population shift from living in the country to living in cities.
Urbanization
Why does secondary succession happen faster than primary succession.
Primary is prolonged because it is started with brand new soil versus previous existing soils.
What is the proper lab experiment attire?
Goggles, Lab Safety Coat, Closed Toe Shoes, and No-Open Exposure Skin
List at least 4 greenhouse gases
Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Carbon, Water vapor, chlorofluorocarbons, Ozone
Give an example of biomass energy.
Better jobs, increased wealth, affordable housing are examples of _____
Hint: Urbanization
Pull Factors
List the following words in the correct order: organism, community, biome, biosphere, population, and ecosystem.
organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere.
Give an example of mutualism.
Teacher's discretion.
_________ increases the amount of useable nitrogen in the soil.
Legumes
List and define the suffixes in the following:
Geothermal energy, hydropower energy, solar energy, wind power, tidal energy, and biomass.
geo earth, thermal heat, hydro water, solar sun, wind wind, tidal tide, bio life, mass weight/matter
List at least 3 different types of mining
Surface, Subsurface, Open Pit, Underground, Strip