True/False
True/False: MOST organisms MUST be able to grow and/or develop in some way.
True
What powers every organism to properly function and perform basic tasks?
Energy
What is a consumer? (Looking for one of two answers)
A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms to thrive and gain energy.
A consumer is an organism that inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide.
What is bigger, a community or an ecosystem?
An ecosystem
In the food chain, which tier is at the very bottom?
Producers
True/False: Most organism do not need DNA and/or cells.
False
What would you call an organism with only one cell?
Unicellular
What is a producer?
A producer is an organism that can make its own food.
What is symbiosis?
(Anything along the lines of) Symbiosis is the relation between two close organisms.
What is a heterotroph?
A heterotroph is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.
True/False: Bacteria is unicellular
What are cells? (Looking for one of two answers)
Cells are the fundemental building blocks of life.
Cells are units of biology that carry out basic processes for life.
What is a decomposer?
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down on dead and/or decaying organic matter. (Dead plants, animals, etc.)
Is the following scenario parisitism, commensalism, or mutualism?
"A tick leeches onto a giraffe and absorbs its blood and energy."
Parisitism
What is an autotroph?
An autotroph is an organism that produces its own food.
What percentage of each of the parents' DNA traits are passed down onto each offspring?
50%
How might vines adapt and respond to their environment?
Vines might adapt and respond to their environment by growing in the direction of sunlight, as it is a stimuli and it allows the vines to absorb more sunlight (thus, more energy).
What type of organism is a producer typically?
Producers are typically plants.
A bear catches and eats a fish from a nearby river.
Is this competition, predation, commensalism, mutualism, or parasitism? Why?
Predation, as the bear catches and eats the fish immediately.
Where do producers get their energy from?
The sun
True/False: Most predator/prey graphs should have a lower number of prey than predators
False
What is DNA?
(Looking for one of two answers)
DNA contains the instructions that control the maintenance and the way the organism grows, develops, and behaves.
OR
DNA contains genetic info for inherited traits.
What types of organism(s) are typically decomposers?
Fungi and bacteria
Environments can change based off the conditions of what is living there and how they are living. How might an environment change if there is a lack of plant life?
(Anything along the lines of) The environment would collapse. This is due to the fact that producers and plants are what build up on the food chain/web so that the consumers can thrive.
What trophic level is NOT part of the food chain, but obtains energy from each tier?
Decomposers