Carbon Cycle
True or False? Carbon can be created or destroyed.
False!
Water is made up of these atoms.
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
The name of the organism that we tested in class.
What is yeast?
In this type of relationship, one organism is eaten by another.
What is predator-prey?
This word means literally the "study of life."
What is biology?
Humans exhale this compound of carbon out when they breath out.
What is carbon dioxide?
This property of water means that one side is positively charged and the other side is negatively charged.
What is polar (or polarity)?
All living things are made of these.
What are cells?
These organisms are at the very bottom of the food chain and usually make their own energy.
What are autotrophs/producers?
This term refers to the maximum limit of organisms an environment can keep alive.
What is carrying capacity?
When fossil fuels are burnt, carbon usually ends up here.
What is the atmosphere?
This property of water is another way of saying that the molecules stick to themselves.
What is cohesion?
This type of reproduction does NOT need a partner.
What is asexual?
This is the ultimate energy source for most ecosystems.
What is the sun?
This word refers to all of one type of organism living in a certain area.
What is population?
This is the largest land-based sink of carbon in the world (hint: it is located in Brazil).
What is the Amazon rainforest?
Having a high one of these means that water can absorb a lot of heat without changing much.
What is specific heat capacity?
This is the process of keeping internal things consistent.
What is homeostasis?
The organisms that eat producers fall into this category.
What are primary consumers?
This carrying capacity is affected by how many organisms are living in a certain area.
What is density dependent?
This is the biggest carbon sink in the world?
What is the ocean?
This is a combination of both adhesion and cohesion that allows plants to deliver water to leaves, going against gravity.
What is capillary action?
This is another way of saying how quickly or slowly an organism breaks down it's food into energy.
What is metabolize?
This position can also be called the fifth trophic level.
What is quatenary consumer?
This word refers to all of the ecosystems in the whole world.
What is biosphere?