Symbiosis
Energy Flow
Populations
Human Impacts
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100

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit...

What is mutualism?

100

The primary source of energy for all life on Earth?

What is the sun?

100

The study of how populations change over time and interaction with their environment...

What is population ecology?
100

The wide variety of the different types of life on Earth...

What is biodiversity?

100

A group of organism of one species that interbreed and live in a defined area...

What is a population?

200

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and one is unaffected...

What is commensalism? 

200

The term that describes an organism that obtains energy by breaking down dead and organic matter...

What is a decomposer?

200
The term used to describe when a population grows indefinitely with unlimited resources...

What is exponential growth?

200

List 3 types of pollution...

What is:

noise pollution

air pollution

water pollution

soil pollution

light pollution

200

Volcanic eruptions add carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.  Name another process that adds carbon dioxide into the atmosphere...

What is cellular respiration, combustion?

300

The term for an organism living off another, causing harm

What is parasitism (or a parasite)?

300

The amount of energy that is transferred between trophic levels...

What is 10%?
300

The term used for when a population reached the maximum numbers of individuals that can be supported within its environment...

What is carrying capacity?

300

The major cause of climate change?

What is the burning of fossil fuels?

300

The name for a species that is moved into a new habitat by human means and causes harm in that new environment...

What is an invasive species?

400

Symbiotic relationships have developed through this...

What is coevolution?

400

The trophic level in which contains the most energy?

What is the first trophic level/producers?

400

The total number of individuals in a specific area...

What is population density?

400

The term that is used to describe a population that grows quickly but then growth slows down as it reaches carrying capacity...

What is logistic growth?

400

List 2 environmental factors that can impact a population size...

What are:

predators?

disease?

competition?

mates?

natural disasters?

500

How does the presence of a symbiotic relationship affect the population size of both species involved?

What is: depends on the type?

500

A term describes an organism that feeds at multiple trophic levels...

What is an onmivore?

500

In the appropriate order for the following two definitions:

1. the term used for individuals moving into a population

2. the term used for individuals moving out of a population

What is immigration and emigration?

500

List two density-dependent factors that impact a population...

What are:

food?

competition?

water?

space?

mates?

500

The chemical equation for photosynthesis is...

What is CO2 + H2O -> C6H12O6 + O2?