3.4-5.2

Question 1

How matter is passed through the biosphere and used by organisms?

Answer 1

Biogeochemical Cycles

Question 2

Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation?

Answer 2

Water Cycle

Question 3

Water changed from a liquid to an atmospheric gas?

Answer 3

Evaporation

Question 4

Evaporation of water from plants leaves?

Answer 4

Transpiration

Question 5

Water vapor cools and condenses into water droplets

Answer 5

Condensation

Question 6

Water droplets become large and return to Earth’s system?

Answer 6

Precipitation

Question 7

Water that flows above ground?

Answer 7

Run off

Question 8

Water that flows underground?

Answer 8

Groundwater

Question 9

All of the chemical substances needed for an organism to survive?

Answer 9

Nutrients

Question 10

Carbon is released into atmosphere ➡️ Carbon Dioxide is used for photosynthesis ➡️ Passed along food chain and back into the atmosphere?

Answer 10

Carbon Cycle

Question 11

Plant containing seed pods?

Answer 11

Legumes

Question 12

Converting Nitrogen gas into ammonia?

Answer 12

Nitrogen Fixation

Question 13

NH2? Not usable by plants

Answer 13

Nitrogen Gas

Question 14

NH3? Usable by some plants

Answer 14

Ammonia

Question 15

NO3-? More usable for plants

Answer 15

Nitrates

Question 16

NO2-? More usable to plants

Answer 16

Nitrites

Question 17

Nitrogen turns to nitrogen gas and is returned to the atmosphere?

Answer 17

Denitrification

Question 18

Taken up by soil or water and bound into organic compounds?

Answer 18

Phosphorus Cycle

Question 19

PO43-?

Answer 19

Phosphates

Question 20

Collection of all organisms that live in a particular place, together with their non living environment?

Answer 20

Ecosystem

Question 21

Living parts of the ecosystem?

Answer 21

Biotic Factors

Question 22

All the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

Answer 22

Abiotic Factors

Question 23

The role an organism plays in a habitat? (Its job)

Answer 23

Niche

Question 24

Ability of a species to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental conditions?

Answer 24

Tolerance

Question 25

Where an organism lives?

Answer 25

Habitat

Question 26

Any necessity of life?(i.e. food, water, shelter)

Answer 26

Resource

Question 27

Two organisms try to use the same resource at the same time?

Answer 27

Competition

Question 28

Competition between members of the same species?

Answer 28

Intraspecific Competition

Question 29

Competition between members of different species?

Answer 29

Interspecific Competition

Question 30

No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time?

Answer 30

Competitive Exclusion Principle

Question 31

One animal captures and feeds on another animal?

Answer 31

Predation

Question 32

Animal that captures and feeds off of prey?

Answer 32

Predator

Question 33

Animal that is captured by a predator and eaten?

Answer 33

Prey

Question 34

One animal feeds off of a producer?

Answer 34

Herbivory

Question 35

Can effect the population of an ecosystem greatly?

Answer 35

Keystone species

Question 36

Close, long term relationship between two species, on which at least one of the organisms benefits?

Answer 36

Symbiosis

Question 37

Both organisms benefit from the symbiosis?

Answer 37

Mutualism

Question 38

One organism benefits from the symbiosis, and the other one isn't affected?

Answer 38

Commensalism

Question 39

One organism benefits from symbiosis, and the other is harmed?

Answer 39

Parasitism

Question 40

Organism which provides the other organism with nutrients?

Answer 40

Host

Question 41

Predictable changes that occur in a community over time?

Answer 41

Ecological Succession

Question 42

Occurs where there is no soil exists and there is not existing community?

Answer 42

Primary Succession

Question 43

First species to populate an area during primary succession?

Answer 43

Pioneer Species

Question 44

Disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil?

Answer 44

Secondary Succession

Question 45

Uniform community that is the result of primary and secondary succession?

Answer 45

Climax Community

Question 46

Area where a population can be found?

Answer 46

Geographic Range

Question 47

Number of individuals per unit area?

Answer 47

Population Density

Question 48

Rate of how the population of an area changes over time?

Answer 48

Growth rate

Question 49

Number of males and females on a given area?

Answer 49

Age structure

Question 50

How the population of an area grows?

Answer 50

Population Growth

Question 51

The movement of individuals to an area?

Answer 51

Immigration

Question 52

The leaving of individuals out of an area?

Answer 52

Emigration

Question 53

Number of individuals born to a population in a year?

Answer 53

Birth Rate

Question 54

Number of deaths in a population in a year?

Answer 54

Death rate

Question 55

Individuals in a population reproduce at a fast rate?

Answer 55

Exponential Growth