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Biodiversity
Misc.
100
An environment that provides the things an organism neds to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
100
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthese.
What are Plants?
100

Photosynthesis occurs in the following organelle of a plant cell.

What is a chloroplast?


100

Species that arrive first in the newly created environment are referred to as...

What are pioneer species?

100

In a habitat, water, air and rocks can be referred to as...

What are abiotic factors?

200
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings. This includes abiotic and biotic factors.
What is an ecosystem?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200

Which structure includes all of the others? 

1. nucleolus 2. nucleus 3. chromosomes 4. genes

What is (2)- the nucleus?


200

When an ecosystem extends over a large area we call it a...

What is a biome?

200
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
300
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
300
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
300

When an organism reproduces asexually, it usually has (1) only one parent, and half as much DNA as the parent (2) only one parent, and the same chromosome number as the parent (3) two parents, and twice as much DNA as either parent (4) two parents, and the same chromosome number as each parent

What is (2) only one parent, and the same chromosome number as the parent?


300

The section in a graph representing an ecosystem's carrying capacity that represents a sharp increase in population size

What is exponential growth?

300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400
An organism that breaks down wases and dad organisms.
What is a decomposer?
400

This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.

What is an energy pyramid?

400

A mutation occurring in a human can be passed from parent to offspring when it occurs in a (1) lung cell, due to exposure to a toxic gas (2) gamete formed in the ovary (3) body cell undergoing mitosis (4) heart cell with chromosome damage

What is (2) - gamete formed in the ovary?


400

In ecosystems, the availability of food, water, living space, mates, and other resources are examples of...

What are limiting factors?

400

The colonization of new sites by communities of organisms. It often occurs after a devastating event has wiped out the organisms that lived in the area, or with the creation of a new habitat.

What is primary succession?

500
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
500
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
500

In biology, the movement of anything generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration is referred to as...

What is diffusion?

500

Living organisms have the ability to produce populations of unlimited sizes if they have unlimited resources they need to survive. This concept is referred to as...

What is carrying capacity?

500

A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce with each other.

What is a species?