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What electronic device was used as a diagram explain the parts of a system?
Cell Phone
Write the definition of a system while including the term components.
A set of interacting components considered a distinct entity.
Which sphere includes all of Earth's solid land features like mountains?
Geosphere
What is the term for a single living thing, like one deer or one tree?
Individual
One organism capturing and feeding on another is known as what?
Predation
Why is a mule not considered a species?
It cannot reproduce/make more mules
What are the three forms that inputs and outputs typically take?
Energy, matter, and/or information.
Which sphere contains all of the water on Earth, regardless of its state of matter?
A group of the same species living in an area is called a what?
Population
What is the difference between a habitat and a niche?
Habitat: Where it lives
Niche: how it lives/behavior/needs
Write an example of an abiotic factor.
Sunlight, Water, Soil, Air, Temperature, etc.
Explain the phrase "The sum is greater than its parts" using the correct vocabulary term.
Emergent Properties
In the context of Earth's spheres, what is the Anthrosphere?
Humans
An Ecosystem includes all the biotic factors in an area plus all of the what?
Abiotic factors or non-living things
If one species benefits and the other is totally unaffected, what is the relationship?
Commensalism
Which biome subtype has the highest biodiversity on land Earth?
Tropical Rainforest
Earth is a system where matter stays contained, but what enters as sunlight and exits as heat?
Energy
How does the Biosphere differ from the Anthrosphere
Anthrosphere = Humans
Biosphere = All other organisms
To be considered a single species, organisms must be able to reproduce and do what else?
Produce fertile offspring
Competition occurs when two organisms fight for limited resources. Name two potential resources.
Food, water, space, mate, etc.
Write an example of a hydrosphere component.
Lake, River, Ice Cap, Water Vapor, etc.
Contrast an Open system with a Closed system based on the movement of matter and energy.
Open: both move in/out
Closed: flow is limited in some way
Which sphere is defined as the air surrounding the Earth?
Atmosphere
List the levels of the Biological Hierarchy in order from smallest to largest.
Individual --> Population --> Community --> Ecosystem --> Biome --> Biosphere
What are the three specific types of Symbiosis?
Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism