Ecology Review - Accelerated Biology

A ______________ contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists.

American black bears are _____. They eat plants, fruits, nuts, insects, honey, and salmon.

Grasses can grow to be 2 meters in height depending on rainfall. Animals include bison.

The picture is an example of a(n) ________ .

This is an example of _______.

This picture is an example of a(n) __________ .

Why does the amount of biomass decrease as you move to the top of the food chain?

A group of individuals belonging to a single species that lives together in a defined area is a

How much energy is used up and lost as heat at each level of the food chain?

Photosynthesis is the opposite process of respiration. True or false?

A cactus opens its ____ at night in order to limit water loss and collect CO2.

What energy transformation occurs during this reaction?

Organisms exhibit uniform distribution due to ________.

When a hydrocarbon is burned in the presence of oxygen and produces, heat, CO2 and H2O, it is:

The greater the biodiversity in a coral reef ecosystem, ____________.

In the light reactions _____ is produced along with ATP.

The number 665 in this graph represents:

The population density of 50 fruit flies in a kitchen that is 100 square feet would be ____.

The soil in this biome supports many trees such as maples, which lose their leaves in the fall.

ATP is a chemical form of energy used by cells to do:

What abiotic factors affect the types of plants and animals growing in a specific ecosystem?

The picture is an example of a(n)________ .

Which of the following is a density dependent factor?

A(n) ______________ is the collection of all the living and nonliving factors in an area .

Between 1910 and 1938, the reindeer population in the graph exhibited _________.

How do plants obtain nitrogen?

The tertiary consumer is the ____ in this food chain.

Largest biome - dominant trees are evergreens (Douglas fir, Western Red Cedar).

Plants here include tall broad-leaved trees, vines, orchids, Strangler figs and bromeliads.

Which of the following is a density independent factor?

Groups of different species that live together in a defined area make up a(n)

Which of the following would not cause an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide?

What process occurs during the dark reactions (Calvin Cycle), which collects CO2?

The subsoil in this biome is permanently frozen and called permafrost.

In 1938, what limiting factor may have caused a drop in the reindeer population?

Bacteria return nitrogen to the air from the soil in a process called:

This chemical reaction could not occur in a(n):

Hurricanes may destroy an ecosystem - leaving only soil. The process of recovery is called:

The picture is an example of a(n) ________ .

Which of the following would be considered an abiotic factor?

Plants in this biome include woody shrubs, frequently ignited by lightning.

Most animals in this biome migrate to find food. These animals include wildebeest and zebras.

What changes nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that can be used by plants?

When human muscle runs out of oxygen, it reverts back to _________, and can only produce 2 ATP.

Which of the following is NOT true about matter?

Why would organisms exhibit a clumped distribution?

This chemical reaction occurs in the _______.

This food chain has a ____ as its primary consumer.

This biome contains succulents, cacti and deeply rooted shrubs. 30 degrees N & S of equator

The greenhouse effect causes an increase in

This picture shows a decrease in matter as you move up the chain-it is a(n) __________ .

A relationship in which one organism is helped & another organism is neither helped nor hurt is

Excess nitrogen in a body of water, causes an algal bloom and a drop in oxygen. This is called

This reaction occurs in the:

What is an autotroph/producer?