Chapter 7

Question 1

archaea

Answer 1

prokaryotes distinguished from bacteria on the basis of structural, physiological and other bio features

Question 2

autotroph

Answer 2

organisms that can synthesize organic molecules using inorganic molecules and E form sun or inorganic molecuels

Question 3

batesian mimicry

Answer 3

evolution of nonnoxious species ot mimic poisonous or inedible species

Question 4

bundle sheath

Answer 4

structure that surrounds the leaf veins of C4 plants, made of cells wehre four carbon acids produced during carbon fixation are broken down to three carbon acids and co2

Question 5

c3 photosynth

Answer 5

Photosynth pathway used by most plants and algae in which the product of the initial reaction is phophoglyceric acid or PGA, 3 carbon acid

Question 6

c4 photosynth

Answer 6

cox is fixed in mesophyll cells by combining it with phosphoenol pyruvate, PEP, to produce 4 carbon acid.
-these plants more drought tolerant

Question 7

cam photosynth

Answer 7

limited to succulent plants in arid/semiarid conditions, carbon fixation takes place at night when lower temps reduce rate of water loss during co2 uptake
-four carbon acids are stored till daylight where they’re broken down to pyruvate and co2

Question 8

carnivore

Answer 8

heterotroph that eats animal

Question 9

chemosynthetic autotroph

Answer 9

autotrophs that use inorganic molecules as a source of C and E

Question 10

detritivore

Answer 10

heterotroph that eats dead plant matter

Question 11

ecological stoichiometry

Answer 11

study of balance of multiple chemical elements in ecological interaction

Question 12

functional response

Answer 12

increase in animal feeding rate, which eventually falls off , occurs in response to increase in food availability

Question 13

herbivore

Answer 13

heterotroph that eats plants

Question 14

heterotroph

Answer 14

organism that uses organic molecules as C and E sources

Question 15

irradiance

Answer 15

level of light intensity, often measured as photon density

Question 16

Isat

Answer 16

irradiance required to saturate the photosynthetic capacity of photosynthetic organism

Question 17

mullerian mimicry

Answer 17

comimicry among several species of noxious organisms

-warning sign

Question 18

net photosynth

Answer 18

total co2 uptake during photosunth minus co2 produced during respiration

Question 19

optimal foraging theory

Answer 19

theory that attempts to model how organisms feed as an optimizing process

Question 20

optimization

Answer 20

process that max’s or minds some quantity

Question 21

organic compounds

Answer 21

chemical compound that contain carbon bound to other elements

Question 22

photon flux density

Answer 22

number of photon of light striking square meter of surface each second

Question 23

photorespiration

Answer 23

metabolic process occurring mainly in c3 plants under hot dry condition that reduce efficiency of photosynth

Question 24

photosynthetic autotrophs

Answer 24

organisms that sues co2 as C and light as E source to synthesize OM

Question 25

PAR

Answer 25

wavelengths of light b/t400 and 700 nm that photosynthetic organisms use as source of E

Question 26

pmax

Answer 26

max rate of Photosynth for a particular species of plant growing under ideal physical condition

Question 27

prokaryote

Answer 27

organimss with cells that have no membrane bound organelles

Question 28

rhodopsin

Answer 28

light absorbing pigments in eyes of animals, bacteria, archaea

Question 29

rubisco

Answer 29

enzyme that catalyzes initial rxn of Photosynth that combines co2 and ribulose biphosphate

Question 30

size selection predation

Answer 30

prey selection by predators based on prey size

Question 31

trophic biology

Answer 31

study of feeding biology of organisms