Unit 1
Closed System
In what system are one or more inputs and outputs limited?
Two or more atoms bounded by shared electrons.
What is a molecule?
A process breaks down glucose to create C02.
Aerobic Respiration
Large Asteroid and Great Volcanic Eruption
What are two causes of K-T extinction?
Hybridization
What is the tern web a species is genetically merged with another species?
Mutualism
A molecule that is made up of subunits called adenine and ribose, as well as three phosphate groups.
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
Warmer atmosphere
What occurs to the environment with the presence of too much C02 produced during Carbon Cycle?
Background extinction is the complete disappearance of species. Mass extinction is widespread disappearance of species
What is the difference between background extinction and mass extinction?
Parasitism
What is the relationship in which one of the organism benefits while the other is harmed?
A single species that has an strong effect on an entire ecosystem.
What are keystone species?
It makes energy without the presence of oxygen.
What does lactic acid fermentation do?
Cutting Trees, Green House Gases...etc.
What causes climate change?
Background Extinctions
What type of extinctions are common?
5 Mass Extinctions
How many mass extinctions have there been in the fossil record?
Carrying Capacity
What does is the term that describes the environment is starting to lose population and not be able to recover?
Macromolecules make up fatty acids
Lipids
Reservoir
Where is cycling matter stored in varying amount of time?
Climate change, diseases, loss of habitat, or loss of competitive damage.
Why do background extinctions happen?
Producers (plants)
What life is located in the first trophic level?
Earth's System
Where does all mater stay in?
The Krebs cycle takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria
Decomposers
What breaks own dead organic material, releasing carbon into the soil or atmosphere?
Mass Extinctions
Metabolism
What is a chemical process in which builds up or breaks own materials in an organism?