Biology

Question 1

Abiotic

Answer 1

Non-living

Question 2

Biotic

Answer 2

living

Question 3

Food web

Answer 3

a complex model of energy that shows a connection between several food chains

Question 4

food chain

Answer 4

a model that shows a one line pathway through which food transferred

Question 5

Pyramid of energy

Answer 5

it shows the total amount of energy that is transferred through each trophic level

Question 6

Autotroph

Answer 6

they are known as the producer as they produce their own food needed to survive

Question 7

Heterotroph

Answer 7

they are known as the consumer and they cannot produce their own food

Question 8

ecotone

Answer 8

a gradual transition area of transitions between two adjacent ecological communities such as two biomes
- they have high biodiversity

Question 9

Range of tolerance

Answer 9

All organisms have a range of tolerance, and they mean they have a particular set of abiotic factors (Non-living)

Question 10

Canadian Biomes

Answer 10

Terrestrial Biomes - Aquatic Biomes

Question 11

Canadian aquatic Biomes

Answer 11

Marine
Neritic and oceanic zones
intertidal zone
estuaries
freshwater
lakes, ponds and rivers

Question 12

Category

Answer 12

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 13

Individual

Answer 13

one single organism that has a specific physical features and behaviours

Question 14

Species

Answer 14

organisms capable of interbreeding and producing offspring

Question 15

Bionomal Nomenclature

Answer 15

a universal system in which a two word latin name is used to identify individual species

Question 16

Population

Answer 16

includes all of the same species living in a specific geographical area

Question 17

community

Answer 17

includes ALL organisms in all the interacting populations in a specific area

Question 18

Ecosystem

Answer 18

a community of populations together with the abiotic factors that surround and affect it

Question 19

Biome

Answer 19

a group of ecosystems in a specific region on earth with unique features
- organisms are not evenly distributed across earth
- the patterns of distribution of life largely due to abiotic factors such as Climate, Altitude, and Latitude

Question 20

Biosphere

Answer 20

All of the areas of earth (Including water, air and land that contain life make up the biosphere

Question 21

6 main kingdoms

Answer 21

Bacteria
Archera
Prostisa
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia

Question 22

First law of thermodynamics

Answer 22

energy cannot be created, nor destroyed, only transformed from one to another

Question 23

second law of thermodynamics

Answer 23

no energy transfer is 100% efficient
- as energy transfers through an ecosystem, much of the transferred energy is “Lost” as unusable heat to the environment or used for basic metabolic processes

Question 24

Photosynthesis

Answer 24

a chemical process where the sun’s energy is used to convert carbon into carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
- plants and some bacteria
- stores/produces

Question 25

Chemosynthesis

Answer 25

A chemical process where chemical nutrients are used to convert carbon into carbohydrates such as sugars and starches in the absence of sunlight - fungi and some bacteria - releases/uses

Question 26

Cellular respiration

Answer 26

a process where the mitochondria of cells break down carbohydrates to produce energy for the organisms needed

Question 27

Tundra

Answer 27

- permanently frozen soil - lacks trees - plants include short grasses, lichens and mosses - animals include arctic foxes, arctic foxes and migratory birds

Question 28

Boreal forest

Answer 28

a broad band of mixed coniferous and deciduous that stretches across northern north America, Europe and Asia

Question 29

Temperature Decious forest

Answer 29

has a winter-summer change of seasons that typically receives 75cm to 150cm or more of relatively evenly distributed precipitation through the year

Question 30

Prairie grasslands

Answer 30

they cover extensive regions in North America and Europe, as well as Africa and Australia - in Canada, Prarie grasslands are classified according to the height and species composition of their vegetation, shortgrass, mixed grass, and tallgrass - Prairie grasslands have many large grazing animals, such as Antelope - Predators such as wolves and coyotes are also present