Population ecology
Community ecology
Speciation
Diversity of tiny life
Multicellular diversity
100
A population dispersal pattern seen in territorial animals
What is uniform distribution/dispersal?
100
Competition between organisms of the same species
What is intraspecific competition?
100
Structures that have different appearances but are derived from a common ancestor
What are homologous structures?
100
Single-celled organisms without nuclei that can survive in extreme environments
What are archaea?
100
Kingdom of organisms that have nuclei and cell walls but no chlorophyll
What are fungi?
200
Maximum number of organisms that can be supported in a given environment
What is carrying capacity?
200
Conditions, resources and interactions that a species needs from (and contributes) to the community
What is an ecological niche?
200
Diagram that shows evolutionary relationships
What is a phylogenetic tree?
200
Movement of genetic material from one organism to another, without parent-offspring relationship (common process in bacteria)
What is lateral gene transfer?
200
Group of first land plants
What are nonvascular plants?
300
This population growth shows a J-shaped curve.
What is exponential growth?
300
Process of change in a community after severe disturbance
What is primary succession?
300
Evolutionary process that is prevented by geographic isolation
What is gene flow?
300
Diverse group of mostly unicellular, eukaryotic aquatic organism
What are protists?
300
Woody plants whose seeds are not enclosed in fruits
What are gymnosperms?
400
Growth curve expected from a population of rabbits that has reached its carrying capacity
What is logistic growth?
400
Primary producers determine the abundance of organisms at higher trophic levels
What is bottom-up control?
400
Reproductive isolation mechanism that prevents fertilization from taking place
What is prezygotic isolation?
400
Group of organisms that produced oxygen and indirectly contributed to the Cambrian explosion of life
What are cyanobacteria?
400
Animals that have ecto- and endoderm but no mesoderm
What are diploblasts?
500
Survivorship type of whales
What is Type I survivorship?
500
A species alters the environment in a way that enhances growth, survival or reproduction of subsequent species
What is facilitation?
500
Type of speciation caused by the formation of a geographic barrier
What is allopatric speciation?
500
Organism that obtains energy from the sun and uses molecules produced by other organisms as a source for carbon
What is a photoheterotroph?
500
Structure that allows animals to reproduce in dry habitats
What is the amniotic egg?