Cellular Gatekeepers
The model that describes the cell membrane as a flexible structure with many components
What is the "Fluid Mosaic Model"?
The level of ecology that includes all living and non-living things in an area
What is an ecosystem?
The ultimate source of energy for almost all ecosystems
What is the sun?
The variety of genes within a population of monarch butterflies
What is "genetic diversity"?
A spider spinning a perfect web on its first try demonstrates this type of behavior
What is "innate behavior"?
What are phospholipids?
The J-shaped curve showing rapid population growth under ideal conditions
What is exponential growth?
An organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals
What is an autotroph/producer?
The benefit provided by ecosystems like clean air and water purification
Learning to ignore a repeated, harmless stimulus, like city birds ignoring people
What is Habituation?
The type of transport that requires no energy, like diffusion
A resource that can limit population growth like food or space
What is a limiting factor?
An organism that eats both plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
The strategy of protecting an entire ecosystem to conserve biodiversity
What is a habitat preserve
A group of meerkats that live and work together cooperatively
What is a society?
A protein that changes shape to move specific materials across the membrane
What is a carrier protein?
The maximum number of individuals an environment can sustainably support
What is carrying capacity?
A network of interconnected food chains showing complex feeding relationship?
What is a food web?
The #1 threat to biodiversity worldwide
What is habitat loss/destruction?
Chemical signals used for communication between animals, like ant trails
What are pheromones?
A red blood cell is placed in pure water and swells and bursts due to this process?
What is "osmosis"?
The formula for population growth including births, deaths, immigration and emigration
What is "(Births + Immigration) - (Deaths + Emigration)
What is "10%"
A region with many unique species that is under serious threat
What is biodiversity hotspot?
The complex behavior honeybees use to communicate the location of food
What is the waggle dance?