Lesson 1
the interaction of living tings as they rely on each other in order to live successfully is:
interdependence
Which of the following is an example of a population?
A. the birds in a rainforest
B. all the organisms in a pond
C. an ant colony
D. the animals in a zoo
C. an ant colony
A series of events regularly repeated in the same order is a:
cycle
What are the first species to grow on new land in primary succession?
The largest number of one species that an environment can support without harmful effects is called what?
Carrying Capacity
What term describes the body's ability to keep its internal environment stable?
What is the part of Earth's land, water, and air in which organisms live is called what?
Biosphere
What substance do plants absorb from the air and use to make food?
Carbon Dioxide
This is the process of changing nitrogen gas into usable compounds:
nitrogen fixation
the re-growth of a community in an area that has soil and was recently inhabited by living organisms is called what?
Secondary Succession
Which biology theme states that during reproduction, organisms pass on hereditary information from parents to offspring?
Genes and DNA
Mites have attached to bees' bodies in several neighboring beehives. what type of interaction is this?
Parasitism
What is the first step of the Carbon Cycle?
Photosynthesis
Reproductive Cycle
the gradual replacement of one type of biological community by another through a series of changes, such as when a pond fills in with grasses and becomes a meadow.
Ecological Succession
The word "origins" means what?
Beginnings
When would you most likely find primary succession occurring in an area?
after a volcano erupted
What changes nitrogen from proteins in dead organisms into ammonia compounds?
Bacteria
a large area where conditions are very similar is called what?
a Biome
These people believe that God created all life on Earth
Creationists
Which is NOT an example of how different species interact within a community?
A. Mother bear teaching cubs to hunt
B. Bees getting nectar from flowers
C. Foxes eating rabbits
D. Bacteria decomposing animal waste
A. Mother bear teaching cubs to hunt
What is the second step of the Nitrogen Cycle?
Animals get nitrogen from eating plants or other animals that eat plants
If an animal was trying to survive out in the wild, but there was a lack of food, what vocabulary word would this be describing?
A scientist who studies ecology are called what?
Ecologists