Ecology 1
Ecology 2
Evolution 1
Evolution 2
Random Science
100
A term used to describe any living component of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, or bacteria.
What is biotic?
100
These organisms, like fungi and bacteria, get energy by breaking down dead organic matter
What are decomposers?
100
The process by which populations change over long periods of time.
What is evolution?
100
The natural differences between individuals of the same species, often caused by genetic mutations.
What is variation?
100
These two elements are found in a molecule of water
What are hydrogen and oxygen?
200
This type of organism consumes plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
200
In an energy pyramid, only about this percentage of energy is passed from one level to the next.
What is 10%
200
This naturalist is famous for studying finches and tortoises on the Galapagos Islands.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
A group of organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?
200
This is an example of a monotreme (an egg-laying mammal)
What is a platypus or echidna?
300
Group of individuals belonging to the same species living in the same area
What is a population?
300
Environmental factors like food, water, and space that keep a population from growing forever.
What are limiting factors?
300
This term describes the most recent individual from which two or more different species are descended.
What is a common ancestor?
300
This branching diagram shows the evolutionary relationships between different groups of organisms.
What is a phylogenetic/evolutionary tree?
300
This is the approximate height of Mt.Everest (must get within +/- 5,000 to be correct)
What is ~ 29,000 feet?
400
This is the specific "job" or role an organism has within its habitat, including what it eats and how it survives.
What is niche?
400
This occurs when two or more species try to use the same limited resource, like food or space.
What is competition?
400
Darwin observed that most species produce more offspring than can survive, a concept known as this.
What is overproduction?
400
Body parts of species that have similar features, indicating a common ancestor
What are homologous structures?
400
This animal went extinct around the late 17th century
What is the Dodo bird?
500
This describes the variety of life in an ecosystem; higher levels of it usually mean the ecosystem is more resilient.
What is biodiversity?
500
This type of species has a massive impact on its ecosystem; if it's removed, the whole system might collapse
What is a keystone species?
500
When individuals come to a population and introduce new traits
What is gene flow?
500
When random events change the gene pool of a population
What is genetic drift?
500
This is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side
What is Uranus?