Biology midterm review

sweating is a response to the stimulus of being hot

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

relating to the land

range of a factor where the greatest number of organisms can live.

a scientists who decided not to do an experiment because he felt it was wrong to do it on animals was using

An ecosystem usually has more large predators than herbivores.

When a scientist summarizes their experiment, they

the study of living things

turkey vultures eat dead animals, so they are detrivores

Lions and tigers are not the same species, because if they reproduce they have offspring that are

change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism

a chemical has a definite ???

??? tells how far you are above sea level

an animal protects a plant; and the plant provides the animal a home.

temperate biomes have more ??? than tropical biomes

a scientific theory is an unproven list of unconnected facts

Which is NOT an example of symbiosis

An educated guess which often starts an experiment

Combustion of fossil fuels leads to

Overall atmospheric conditions in an area over a long period of time

when one organism kills and eats another organism

biome characterized by very very low precipitation

grow means to get bigger while develop means to be transformed

herbivores are plants that eat animals

a scientist who sets up an experiment to ensure the outcome that they desire is being

as an organism approaches a temperature limit it would experience less physiological stress.

??? forest have long cold winters and coniferous evergreen trees

an organism is a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy

the fish that survived the extreme temperatures showed low tolerance.

In an experiment the control group is compared to the group that is experimented upon.

Anything that has mass and takes up space

Homeostasis includes heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature.

??? is a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen

peer review happens at the beginning of an experiment.

plants compete with each other for light, water, and space.

biogeochemical cycles show how ...

An individual living thing

abiotic factors

which is a more complex look at an animal

shows the relative amounts of energy or matter or population within an ecosystem