Basic Life
What do we use to define life?
Has cells, uses energy, grows and develops, reproduces
What is the water cycle?
Away for water to continuously move above or below the surface.
What is the chemical equation of photosynthesis?
6CO2+6H2O--C6H12O6+6O2
What is primary succession?
Things that break down rocks into soil.
What are four examples of abiotic factors?
(Anything that is non-living)
What is the process called when water goes from a cloud to rain?
Transpiration.
What is the chemical equation of cellular respiration?
C6H12O6+6O2--6CO2+6H2O
Where does secondary succession happen?
A formerly inhabited area that has been disturbed.
What is the definition of carrying capacity?
The number of organisms that an ecosystem can support without damage.
Any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats.
What starts out primary succession?
Bare rock.
What is an example of primary succession?
(Anything that has to do with the breaking down of rocks into soil)
What is the difference between Autotrophs and Heterotrophs?
Autotrophs: (Producers) Makes own food from the sun and/or inorganic materials.
Heterotrophs: (Consumers) Requires other organisms for energy.
What is the carbon cycle?
A cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.
What is the first part of life in primary succession called?
Pioneer species.
What Is an example of secondary succession?
(Natural disasters or major human impacts)
What is the difference between logistic growth and exponential growth?
Logistic growth: Increases then evens out
Exponential growth: Increases very rapidly
Where does CO2 in the atmosphere come from?
Breathing animals, theburnin of fossil fuels, gas exchange of plants.
What is one type of pioneer species?
Lichen, smaller annual plants, grasses, perennial plants.
What are examples of a municipal impact?
Sewage treatments, lawn fertilizers, engine oil.