Unit 1
What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
Question
What is the smallest unit of matter?
Atom
What is the equation for population density?
Number of People/Area
What do detritivores eat?
Dead remains
What is an assumption based on evidence?
Inference
A single parent produces a genetically identical new organism?
Asexual Reproduction
What is the dispersion type where organisms are within groups?
Clumped
What is a niche?
Match to a specific environmental condition
Which is the largest in the measurement chart?
Kilo
What is the theory that there are long stable periods until environmental pressure cause an adaptation
Punctuated Equilibrium
Which survivorship type has a constant death rate over organism’s life span?
Type 2
What type of feeder is a primary consumer?
Herbivore
What is gathering information that involves a description?
Qualitative Data
How are genus and species related?
Both make up an organism's bionomial name
What is life history?
A sequence of events from life to death.
What is secondary succession?
Previously occupied by living things
What are t-pins used for?
Hold delicate parts in place during dissection
Why don't we take more steps in the dichotomous key?
More options, more problems
What kind of growth chart has a carrying capacity limit?
Logistic Growth
Advertising is?
Unique and necessary services of animals, like cleaner shrimp