Chapter 1
Biology is the study of this
What is life
The portions of the Earth in which all living things are found
What is the biosphere
This is the type of succession which occurs when we already have soil
What is secondary
Unrestricted growth
What is Exponential growth
This the major threat to biodiversity
What is habitat loss
These are the metric base unit for mass, length, and temperature
What are gram, meter, and Celsius
What is niche
Based on the graph, this is the expected rainfall range of a savannah
What is 25-150 cm
This is the shape of a letter that characterizes a chart that shows carrying capacity growth
What is S shaped
An example of this might be breaking up a forest with construction of a road
What is habitat fragmentation
This is the difference between a scientific law and theory
What is multiple tests proving same results
This is what happens to the available energy as it moves from one trophic level to the next
This is the biome that has the greatest range of temperatures
What is the desert
This is the term used to indicate the study of all growth characteristics of human population (think Doctor's office or school)
What is demography
This is the term that describes the impact of neighboring habitats on a habitat
What is the edge effect
This is 3.42 kg converted into grams
What is 3420 g
This is what an ecologist who is looking at how several species in an area interact is studying
What is a community
What is taiga
This is the term for the maximum number of individuals that can be supported by a population
What is a carrying capacity
This is the branch of science that focuses on preventing loss of biodiversity
What is conservation biology
These are questions about living things that can be answered by biologists
What are what, why, and how
This is how nitrogen leaves the biotic portion of the biosphere when plants and animals die
What is decay by bacteria/fungi (decomposers)
This biome has a temperature of 5-20 degrees and receives 15-110 cm of precipitation each year
What is a grassland
An age structure graph that is about the same for all groups indicates that the population is...?
What is stable
The first national park Yellowstone was established to preserve _________ not ________
What is unique geology, biodiversity