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Ecology Potpourri
Eco/Evo Assortment
What's the Proof?
Evolution
100
Living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.
What are biotic and abiotic factors.
100
This much energy moves up between each trophic level.
What is 10%.
100
DAILY DOUBLE! Organisms in an ecosystem will reproduce until they hit this barrier.
What is carrying capacity.
100
Evidence that comes from immature, developing organisms.
What is embryology.
100
All of the genes in an interbreeding population.
What is a "gene pool".
200
Opposite types of symbioses: in one, both benefit, in the other, one organism benefits and one gets hurt.
What are mutualism and parasitism.
200
These "factors" keep population growth in check.
What are limiting.
200
These structures look similar, but do different things.
What are homologous structures.
200
Evidence from organisms that are long dead, buried, and unearthed.
What is fossil evidence.
200
Random changes to the frequencies of genes in the gene pool. Can happen via a variety of reasons.
What is "genetic drift".
300
The top and bottom of a food chain/web.
What are Apex Predator (Secondary/Tertiary Consumer OK) and Primary Producer.
300
This is the process of creating topsoil in a rocky, barren environment.
What is Primary Succession.
300
The act of imitating something that is either poisonous or venomous when you are not.
What is mimicry.
300
Evidence from nucleic acids or proteins.
What is biochemical or molecular evidence.
300
The movement of genes into and out of a population.
What is "gene flow".
400
The smallest and largest "units" of ecology.
What are organism and biosphere.
400
This level of organization contains all living organisms and their abiotic factors.
What is an ecosystem.
400
The first organisms to colonize an area.
What are pioneer species.
400
DAILY DOUBLE! Structures that evolved independently from one another that have the same functions.
What are analogous structures.
400
Changes to a gene's base sequence that could result in a different protein structure or function.
What is "mutation".
500
Organisms coming in, and organisms coming out.
What are immigration and emigration.
500
The main two factors that determine an ecosystem
What are temperature and precipitation.
500
Structures that are no longer used by a species, that link them to other, related organisms.
What are vestigial.
500
Name a transitional fossil.
What is: (answers may vary) Tiktaalik Archaeopterix Lucy (Australopithecus)
500
The kind of speciation that occurs when you have a physical barrier.
What is "allopatric".