unit 1 seccession/general facts

Question 1

seccession

Answer 1

sequential changes in a community in a specific area over long periods of time.

Question 2

primary seccession

Answer 2

the process starts when there is no soil present

Question 3

secondary seccession

Answer 3

the process starts when soil is present but the vegitation was removed by a disturbence (shovel, digging, deer)

Question 4

pioneer species

Answer 4

a specific type of organism that is among the first to colonize an area during succession.

Question 5

organic compounds

Answer 5

molecules that have carbon atoms and they are darived from living things

Question 6

types of organic compounds

Answer 6

carbohydrates, proteins, lipids(fats, oils, waxes), nucleic acids(DNA, RNA), vitamins

Question 7

producer (autograph)

Answer 7

organism that uses solar or chemical energy to make organic compounds from inorganic parts of the environment

Question 8

consumer

Answer 8

oranisms that get their organic compounds by eating the tissue of other organisms

Question 9

decomposer

Answer 9

an organism that eats detritus (waste)

Question 10

detritus

Answer 10

dead organisms that shed parts of living organisms and the waste of living organisms

Question 11

energy/matter

Answer 11

can never be created or destroyed but can change from one form to another

Question 12

types of energy

Answer 12

kinetic (movement)
potential (chemical, stored)
nuclear
solar (light)
heat
sound

Question 13

matter

Answer 13

atoms are never destroyed but they can move from 1 molecule to another

Question 14

biogeochemical cycle

Answer 14

“life earth atoms move”
Folows one specfic type of atom (except the water cycle)

Question 15

photosynthesis

Answer 15

sunlight + 6H2O + 6CO2 -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

Question 16

cellular respiration

Answer 16

C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> energy + 6H2O + 6CO2