Ecosystem
What is when organism hunts and consumes another.
What is Predation
The process where plants convert sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The scientist who proposed the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
These preserved remains or traces of organisms provide evidence of past life.
What are fossils?
The term for the variety of life in an ecosystem, including species, genetic, and ecosystem diversity
What is biodiversity?
What is when one harmless organism acts as a harmful organism
What is Mimicry
Only this percentage of energy is transferred to the next trophic level.
What is 10%?
This type of selection favors intermediate traits while selecting against extremes
What is stabilizing selection
The study of species distribution on Earth, such as marsupials in Australia.
What is biogeography?
This is a major cause of biodiversity loss due to deforestation and habitat destruction.
What is human activity?
These are nonliving factors in an ecosystem, such as sunlight or temperature.
What are abiotic factors?
This element is essential for building DNA and proteins in living organisms.
What is nitrogen?
The four conditions for natural selection are overproduction, variation, heritability, and this.
What is differential survival/reproduction?
Structures that have a similar origin but may serve different functions, like a human arm and bat wing.
What are homologous structures?
The maximum population size an ecosystem can sustain over time.
What is carrying capacity?
The term for when two species compete for the same limited resource.
What is competition?
The movement of nitrogen through the atmosphere, soil, and organisms.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
A moth’s dark coloration increasing its survival during the Industrial Revolution is an example of this.
What is directional selection?
This type of evolutionary evidence compares embryonic development across species
What is embryology?
A nonnative species introduced into an ecosystem that disrupts native populations
What is an invasive species?
This term describes an organism’s ability to blend in with its environment.
What is camouflage?
The term for organisms that occupy the base of the energy pyramid.
What are producers (or autotrophs)?
This concept describes how well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment
What is fitness?
DNA similarities across species, such as humans and chimpanzees sharing 98% of their DNA, fall under this type of evidence.
What is biochemical evidence?
The term for actions to reduce human impact on the environment, such as habitat restoration or pollution control.
What is conservation?