1What word refers to a singular organism?
Individual
2What word refers to a group of individuals of the same species?
Population
3What’s a space in which living and nonlivng things coexist?
Ecosystem
4What’s a large area with similar climate conditions? (Determines the animals and plants there)
Biome
5What relationship benefits both organisms?
Mutualism
6What relationship benefits one organism and doesn’t impact the other?
Commensalism
7What relationship benefits one organism and negatively affects the other?
Parasitism
8What word refers to different species using the same resource in different ways as a means to reducing competition?
Resource Partitioning
9What kind of partitioning involves the time of day?
Temporal Partitioning
10What kind of partitioning involves different areas of a shared habitat?
Spatial Partitioning
11What kind of partitioning involves different body parts to use different resources?
Morphological Partitioning
12What cycle moves molecules (such as glucose or CO2) that contain carbon? (Fossil fuel combustion, sedimentation)
Carbon Cycle
13What place is a reservoir of carbon?
Atmosphere
14What process removes CO2 from the atmosphere to convert it to glucose?
Photosynthesis
15What is nitrogen necessary for?
DNA and Amino Acids
16What place is a reservoir of nitrogen?
Atmosphere
17What process converts nitrogen into usable ammonia or nitrate for plants?
Nitrogen Fixation
18What process involves the excess use of fertilizer, releasing NH3 gas into the atmosphere?
Ammonia Volatilization
19What things are reservoirs of phosphorus?
Rocks
20Can phosphorus enter the atmosphere?
No
21What is phosphorus useful for?
DNA, ATP
22Why does it take a while for plants to obtain phosphorus?
Rock weathering takes a while
23What is the rate of solar energy turned into organic compounds? (Rate of photosynthesis over time)
Primary Productivity
24What word refers to the energy lost through photosynthesis?
Respiration Loss
25What is the total solar energy plants convert to glucose?
Gross Primary Productivity
26What is the leftover energy for consumers after plant respiration?
Net Primary Productivity
27What percent of solar energy is used and made to GPP? What percent of that percent is converted to NPP?
1%; 40%
28Can matter or energy be created/destroyed?
No, they can change forms
29What rule states only 10% of energy moves up the next level of the food chain?
10% Rule
30Are food chains linear?
Yes
31Are food webs linear?
No
32What word refers to a ripple effect on lower trophic levels that is caused by the addition/subtraction of an apex predator?
Trophic Cascade
33What book suggested that individuals will use their shared resources for self-interest rather than common good?
The Tragedy of the Commons
34What word refers to humans living on Earth with their resources without depletion?
Sustainability
35What word refers to the amount of a renewable source that can be taken without reducing the available supply?What
Sustainable Yield
36What word refers to a close, long-term relationship between two species? (Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism)
Symbiosis
37What are the following a kind of? (Taigas, temperate rainforests, temperate seasonal forests, tropical rainforests, shrubland, temperate grasslands, savannas, deserts, and tundras)
Terrestrial Biomes
38What are the following a a part of? (Streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes)
Freshwater Biomes
39What are these a part of? (Oceans, coral reefs, marshlands, and estuaries)
Marine Biomes
40What word refers to the addition of a species into a food web?
Positive Feedback Loop
41What word refers to the subtraction of a species in a food web?
Negative Feedback Loop