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Ecology
Energy
Photosynthesis
100

Organisms that cannot produce their own food are called...


Both terms!

What are consumers & heterotrophs?

100

Organisms that produce their own food are called...


Both terms!

What is producers & autotrophs?
100

An energy pyramid is in the shape of a pyramid because...

What is energy is lost as it is transferred up the food chain/food web in an ecosystem?

100

Animals and fungi cannot do photosynthesis because...

What is they don't have plant cells with chloroplasts?

200

457 sting rays at Torrey Pines beach are called...

What is a population?


ONE species in a particular area 

200

Energy is transferred in a food chain/food web. This amount of energy is transferred up each trophic level in the energy pyramid...

What is 10%?

200

Producers in a food web make their own food through this process 

What is photosynthesis?

200

The structure carbon dioxide enters a tree through and oxygen leaves a tree through

What is stomata?

300

A bird lives in a tree hallow which causes no harm, but also doesn't help the tree. The bird has a place of shelter. This is an example of...

What is commensalism?

300

This makes ecosystems more resilient to change.

What is biodiversity?

300

Energy in a food chain/food web comes from...

What is light energy (sunlight)?
300

During photosynthesis, light energy is converted into...

What is stored chemical energy (aka sugar)?

400
Experiment: toilet paper lab 


The independent variable was...

The control group was...

A control variable was...

What is the brand of toilet paper?

What is the school toilet paper?

What is the number of drops of water? etc.

400

When a population's growth flattens because limiting factors are present

What is carrying capacity?

400

During photosynthesis, light energy is converted into...

What is stored chemical energy? (sugar)

400

These structures transport water and sugar throughout a plant

What is the xylem (water) and phloem (sugar)?

500

Reference the following food chain: grass --> rabbits --> snakes --> hawks


The hawk population in this ecosystem is wiped out due to a disease. The grass population...

What is increases?

500

The competitive exclusion principle states

What is two species CANNOT occupy the same NICHE for very long?

500

Photosynthesis is an example of the law of conservation of matter because...

What is matter (or atoms) are not lost/don't disappear, but instead are rearranged in glucose and oxygen?
500

Water is absorbed through the roots of a plant during a process called osmosis. Osmosis is...


Use the following terms: semi-permeable cell membrane, high water concentration, low water concentration, hypertonic solution, hypotonic solution

What is where water moves across a semi-permeable cell membrane from a place of high water concentration (hypotonic solution) to a place of low water concentration (hypertonic solution)?