THE TERM BIODIVERSITY REFERS TO _____
THE NUMBER OF SPECIES IN AN AREA
THE SMALLER PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM THAT AN ORGANISM PREFERS TO LIVE IN IS KNOWN AS THAT ORGANISMS ____
HABITAT
WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BIOTIC FACTOR OF AN ECOSYSTEM
THE KINDS OF PREDATORS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
ALL THE ORGNISMS OF THE SAME SPECIES LIVING IN THE SAME AREA ARE KNOWN AS _____
POPULATION
THE 2 PRIMARY FACTORS THAT DEFINE A PARTICULAR CLIMATE ARE ____
TEMPURATURE AND PRECIPITATION
WHICH FACTOR AFFECTS THE BIOTIC VERTICLE ZONES IN A BODY OF WATER
DISSOLVED OXYGEN, LIGHT, TEMPURATURE
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A BENTHIC ORGANISM
HERMIT CRAB
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SHOWS THE CORRECT ORDER OF OCEAN ZONES FROM SHALLOWEST TO DEEPEST
PHOTIC, APHOTIC, ABYSSAL
COMPETITION CAN OCCUR BETWEEN ____
ORGAMISMS OF DIFFERENT, THE SAME, OR SPECIES USING THE SAME RESOURCES
WHICH SHOWS A REASONABLE FOOD CHAIN
PRODUCER, HERBIVORE, CARNIVORE, DECOMPOSER
2 ORGANISMS THAT SHARE A HABITAT BUT HAVE NO DIRECT EFFECT ON EACH OTHER ARE EXHIBITING _____
NEUTRALISM
THE EARTH'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN ITS BALANCE INDEFINITELY BY CYCLING WATER AND OTHER RESOURCES KNOWN AS ____
SUSTAINABILITY
MOST FREE OXYGEN IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS PRODUCED BY ____
PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS AND ALGAE
LIVING THINGS CANT USE ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN GAS. THE NITROGEN MUST FIRST BE ____, OR CONVERTED TO AN ORGANIS FORM THAT PLANTS CAN USE
FIXED
TROUT GROWTH IS DETERMINED BY FOOD AVAILABILITY. A YOUNG WILD TROUT MIGHT GROW ONLY 3 OR 4 INCHES IN LENGTH DURING ITS 1ST YEAR OF LIFE, WHILE A WELL-FED HATCHERY TROUT CAN REACH 9 INCHES IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. IN THIS EXAMPLE, FOOD AVAILABILITY IS A ____ FOR TROUT GROWTH
LIMITING FACTOR
WHICH DOES NOT INCREASE BIODIVERSITY
A SURGE IN ONE SPECIFIC POPULATION
UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS, A SINGLE E. COLI BACTERIUM CAN GROW INTO A COLONY OF OVER 2 MILLION IN LESS THAN 7 HOURS. SCIENTIST CALL THIS ___ GROWTH
EXPONENTIAL
DOVES HAVE BEEN EXPANDING THEIR RANGE THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. AS THEY MOVE INTO NEW AREAS, THEIR NUMBERS GROW RAPIDLY. HOWEVER, THEIR POPULATION GROWTH RATE EVENTUALLY TAPERS OFF AS COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES INCREASES. AT THIS POINT, THE DOVES ARE APPROACHING THE ____ OF THEIR NEW TERITORY.
CARRYING CAPACITY
THE SPECIES THAT OCCUPY AN ECOSYSTEM AT THE END OF SECONDARY SUCESSION ARE CALLED ____ SPECIES.
CLIMAX
WHICH IS CONSIDERED A GREENHOUSE GAS
CARBON DIOXIDE, METHANE, WATER VAPOR
WHICH STATEMENT EXHIBITS BIAS
UNCHECKED CARBON EMISSIONS WILL LEAD TO RUNAWAY GLOBAL WARMING
WHICH WOULD REDUCE A SOCIETY'S ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
USING MORE NATURAL RESOURCES
WHAT IS NOT TRUE ABOUT TISSUES
THEY ARE FOUND IN ALL LIFE FORMS
WHAT ORGANISMS DO NOT CONSISTS OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS
BACTERIA
A CELLS GENETIC MATERIAL CONSISTING OF DNA RNA AND ASSOCIATED PROTEINS IS COLLECTLVELY KNOWN AS _____
CHROMATIN