Biogeochemical Cycles
Ecological Organization
Population Density Change
Population Pyramid
MISC.
100
What are the five biogeochemical cycles?
Water, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus
100
What are the 6 levels of ecological organization from smallest to biggest?
Organism (species) -> Population -> Community -> Ecosystem -> Biome -> Bioshpere
100
What two factors help determine an increase in population size?
Birth rate and immigration
100
What does the population pyramid look like of a rapidly growing country?
It looks like an upright pyramid with a broad base.
100
Hint: the answer is a number
2
200
What is it called when water in liquid form goes from the atmosphere to the ground?
Precipitation
200
What refers to where an organism lives and the properties of its surroundings?
Environment
200
What two factors cause a decrease in the population size?
Emigration and death rate
200
What are characteristic common of developing countries?
Higher infant mortality
Low life expectancy
High birth rate
Increasing population size
200
Which of the following refers to the place where a species lives?
Niche
Habitat
Ecosystem
Biome
Habitat
300
True or False:
When humans clear-cut forest there is less carbon precipitates to the ground as acid rain
False
300
S -> T -> R -> Q
300
What is used to describe organisms leaving a population?
Emigration
300
Which countries population is significantly decreasing according to the population pyramid?
Japan
300
Which is an example of a density-independent population control?
Predation
Parasitism
Habitat destruction
Infectious disease
Competition for resources
Habitat destruction
400
Describe what is happening at the letter V.
A nonrenewable resource called fossil fuel that was formed for the decomposition of living organisms
400
What term describes all of the members of a species of mockingbirds that live in the same area of Tampa?
Population
400
What happens to the size of a population if the birth rate decreases while the death rate remains the same?
It decreases
400
Which countries population is significantly increasing according to the population pyramid?
Afghanistan
400
All life on Earth exists in ______________
The bioshpere
500
If trees are removed and can no longer contribute to the water cycle, a decline in precipitation levels in the area can result due to the decrease in atmospheric ________________
Water vapor
500
What is the largest level of organization shown in this picture?
Ecosystem
Double points if you can write the definition of ecosystem
500
Write the population density change formula in words.
Add the total number of births and immigrants in a population. Then add the total number of deaths and emigrants in a population. Subtract the deaths and emigrants from the births and immigrants.
500
The overall health of a country can be determined by evaluating the country’s ______________________
Infant mortality rate
500
Choose the correct way to finish this sentence.
Decisions made by the current generation
Can open or limit possibilities of future generations
Will not limit any possibilities for future generations
Should not include considerations of possibilities of future generations
Should only be concerned with opening possibilities for future generations
Can open or limit possibilities of future generations