Ecology
The immigration rate of a population is greater than the emigration rate. This would cause the population size to
What is increase?
In a food web, these organisms obtain their energy directly from sunlight
What are producers/autotrophs?
During what part of a day is photosynthesis the most active
What is during daylight hours?
When an athlete runs this product would increase in his muscles?
What is carbon dioxide?
This molecule indicates that usable energy is available to a cell
What is ATP?
The increase in Earth's temperature is called
What is the global warming (global climate change)
When attempting to solve an ecological problem, scientists want to make sure that their solution does not increase the harm to this
What is the environment?
What is from autotroph to heterotrophs (up) and some lost for heat energy?
All living things on our planet ultimately depend on this as their source of energy
What is sunlight?
This process occurs when usable energy is derived from food
What is cellular respiration?
Organisms may do this for both abiotic or biotic resources
What is compete?
The burning of fossil fuels, disrupts this nutrient cycle causing global climate change.
What is the carbon cycle?
This ensures the availability of a variety of genetic material
What is biodiversity?
If an herbivore produces 100,000 kcal of energy, how much energy is stored by a tertiary consumer
What is 1000 kcal?
During photosynthesis the light energy of sunlight is converted into the chemical energy stored in
What is glucose?
What two processes occur in plants that can affect oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in a sample
What are cellular respiration and photosynthesis?
These types of organisms have the greatest amount of available energy
What are producers?
Oil and coal can't be replaced as fast as they are being used. Oil and coal are considered
What are nonrenewable resources?
An alga provides food for a fungus and a fungus provides structure for an alga. This type of relationship is best described as
What is mutualistic?
Carbon passses through living and nonliving parts of the environment. Name one living and one nonliving process that releases carbon into the atmosphere.
What are cellular respiration and combustion?
During exercise, your breathing rate increases. This is important for what process and what benefit does it provide to that process
What is cellular respiration and more oxygen to the muscles?
Two ways that invasive systems can disrupt an ecosystem are
What are the extinction of native species, destruction of food sources food webs?
The rain forest is a rich source of molecules that are useful in creating new medicines. Using the rain forest is being jeopardized by humans contributing to this
What is deforestation?
What is population size would decrease?
In a food web disruption of the population of this type of organism would have the greatest impact on the entire food web
What is the keystone species?
Two different species share the same habitat. Describe why/how they might both survive
What is they occupy different niches
As the human population increases, humans are placing greater stress on Earth's ecosystems. As a result we have created many environmental issues. When coming up with a solution, we have to weigh the pros and cons. This is called
What is a trade-off?