Topic 3
Different forms of a gene.
Alleles
What is biotic and abiotic factors.
Biotic: living
Abiotic: non-living
What is a niche?
A role of an organism in its habitat.
Is natural gas a renewable or nonrenewable resource.
Nonrenewable
What would the birth rate need to be for the global population growth rate to reach zero
Equal to the numbers of death
What are 2 important decomposers.
Mushrooms and bacteria.
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.
Succession
How are fossil fuels distributed?
Unevenly
What is a natural source of air pollution
Volcanoes
Behavior patters that are related to how animals reproduce.
Mating Systems
What do consumers release while breaking down food.
What is the type of interaction where both species benefit?
Mutualism
What renewable resource comes from underground.
Geothermal energy
How do automobiles contribute to air pollution?
They increase carbon dioxide
What do ferns and cedars rely on to successfully reproduce.
Wind.
What are examples of precipitation.
Rain, hail, and snow.
What causes an community to change.
The ecosystem being disturbed or disrupted.
What is an essential characteristic of a mineral?
Crystal Structure
What is the use of land to produce food?
Agriculture
External fertilization is common for animals that live where?
What does '85 great white sharks off Cape Cod' describe
A population
Why would it not be good for a parasite to kill its host.
It needs the host to survive.
What are most minerals formed by?
Solutions.
What natural forces cause erosion.
Wind, water, and ice