Interactions Among
Organisms
Bioaccumulation
Biogeochemical Cycling
Photosynthesis & Respiration
Wild Side
100
What is an organism called that has to eat another organism to gain energy?
Heterotroph
100
What does an upside down pyramid represent?
Bioaccumulation
100
What is eutrophication?
The "pollution" of a fertilizer that runs off into the water creating algae bloom.
100
What does ATP stand for?
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
100
What is the name of the trophic level that is always at the bottom of the food pyramid?
Producers and Autotrophs
200
What process do plants/algae undergo to make energy?
Photosynthesis
200
What is an example of a toxin that can accumulate in living organisms?
Mercury, DDT, toxin that does not break down
200
How does transpiration differ from perspiration?
Transpiration= Movement of water up a plant. Perspiration= Release of water from living organism through sweat or breathing.
200
What is the name of the process that breaks down glucose to create energy?
glycolysis
200
What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?
transfer of energy
300
What is the name of an organism whom only consumes plants?
Herbivore
300
What is the difference between coming into contact with dirt versus coming into contact with mercury?
Dirt goes away. Mercury accumulates.
300
What is the process in which microbes take a non-useable form of N and put it into the air?
Denitrification
300
What are the reactants for respiration?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 (glucose) + (oxygen)
300
What is the name of the rule that states that only 10% of the energy available at one trophic level is available to the next?
10% rule
400
What is the name of an organism that consumes both plants and animals?
Omnivore
400
What are the 4 words that all mean "to build up" toxins in organisms?
1. Bioaccumulation 3. Biologicalaccumulation 2. Biomagnification 4. Biologicalmagnification
400
Nitrogen Fixation
What is the process in which bad Nitrogen found in the air is used by microbes to put the Nitrogen into a form plants can use?
400
What are the products of respiration?
6CO2 + 6H2O + energy (carbon dioxide) + (water) + ATP
400
MUST ANSWER BOTH: A.) What happens to a population if Birth Rate > Death Rate? B.) What if immigration < emigration?
A.) population increases b.) population decreases
500
What does each step in a food chain or food web represent? Or (same thing) what does every level of a food pyramid represent?
Trophic Level
500
What types of activities are linked to cancer in wealthy people that are a result of biomagnification?
hair dye dry cleaning
500
What does biogeochemical cycling mean? (disect the word)
bio-living geo-earth chemical- matter/molecules The cycle of matter (C,N,O,P) through biotic and abiotic factors.
500
What is the equation used to describe photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy --> C6H12O6 + 6O2 Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light --> Glucose + Oxygen
500
Using the 10% rule, if 25 calories are available at the tertiary consumer level, how many calories are available at the primary consumer level?
2500 (to go down, move decimal to the right to make the number bigger)
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