DNA
Name one person who contributed to the discovery of DNA
Franklin, Watson, and Crick
all members of a species that live in a certain area
population
Word given to describe nonliving component of an environment
Abiotic
Scientific discipline dedicated to understanding and preserving the Earth's biological diversity
What is the type of replication that DNA undergoes?
Semiconservative replication
formula for net migration
how many coming in minus how many coming out
States that the net energy transfer between trophic levels is roughly 10%
10 % law
How many mass extinctions have occurred in the history of Earth so far?
5
Enzyme responsible for unwinding the DNA during replication
DNA Helicase
Denoted by the symbol K; determines how much population an environment can support
carrying capacity
Process where gasses in the atmosphere stay trapped therefore heating up the earth
Greenhouse gas effect
What is the most serious threat to biodiversity?
Habitat Destruction
Enzyme that reads preexisting strand adds new base pairs during DNA replication
DNA polymerase
3 types of population distribution
clumped, uniform, random
Where the major reservoir of phosphorus is
Rock
What are the 3 levels of conservation biology?
Genetic, Species, and ecosystem
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribose nucleic acid
From 1997 to 2015, China attempted to limit its population by enacting the one-child policy. What would the population growth be if China had a population of 1 billion during this period and a net population growth rate of -2?
-2 billion
Organisms in an aquatic environment that have the most energy available to them
Phytoplankton or algae
What are the 4 ecosystem services
Provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting