Behavior and Biomes
Mountain
Proteins act as this for the body?
Builders and building materials
What is a symbiotic relationship?
Any interaction between two living things
What is carrying compacity
the amount of organisms an area can support
Producers get energy from?
The sun, water, and nutrients in the soil
The Devonian was characterized by
Horse tail plants and bony fish
Disaccharide means
2 sugars
what is parasitism?
When one organism lives off of another one hurting it but not killing it.
What do we call factors that limit carrying compacity?
Limiting Factors
Primary consumers get energy from
Producers/Plant life
Mammals were first seen in the
Cenozoic
What is the structural difference between a saturated and an unsaturated fat?
Saturated have single carbon bonds and are straight, Unsaturated have multi carbon bonds and have a bend.
Explain competition
When two organisms fight for the same reasources.
Explain ZPG
Zero Population Growth is when a population is not gaining or losing any members
Carnivores get energy from
Other animals
This biome only exists in the Northern hemisphere
Taiga
How do cells get energy?
Breaking the 3rd bond on ATP creating ADP
If you have 1000 units of energy from producer how much energy will a tertiary consumer get?
1
When a population is at ZPG for an extended period of time we can say that population is in
Homeostasis
Decomposers get energy from
dead and decaying life
This biome has the largest amount of biodiversity
Tropical Rainforest
Cells get energy more efficiently by
Catalyzing reactions
What is Biodiversity
The amount of diversity we have between organisms in a community or genes in a population.
What is the main limiting factor for a population?
Food
What is Binomial Nomenclature
a two part naming system for organisms