Chapter 3 vocab quiz

Question 1

The study of all processes influencing the distribution of organisms and their interactions with the environment

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Ecology

Question 2

Entirety of a population that can produce offspring

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Species

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Number of individuals that make up interbreeding, reproducing group

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Population

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The grouping of plants, animals and microbes

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Biotic Community

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Nonliving chemical and physical factors

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Abiotic

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A grouping of plants, animal and microbes occupying space and interacting

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Ecosystems

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A transitional area between two adjacent ecosystems that has characteristics of both

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Ecotone

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A group of interacting ecosystems

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Landscapes

Question 9

Similar or related ecosystems or landscapes that are often grouped

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Biomes

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All species and physical factors on Earth functioning as one ecosystem

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Biosphere

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Abiotic factors that vary in space and time

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Conditions

Question 12

Any factors consumed by organisms

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Resources

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A certain level at which the organisms do best

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Optimum

Question 14

The entire span that allows any growth

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Range of tolerance

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The points at the high and low end of the range of tolerance

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Limits of tolerance

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Region between the optimal range and the limits of tolerance

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Zones of stress

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Factor that limits growth

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Limiting factor

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Liebig’s law of minimums; studied the effects of chemical nutrients on plant growth

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Law of limiting factors

Question 19

Two or more factors interacting in a way that causes a much greater effect

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Synergistic effects (synergisms)

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Higher oxygen concentration (smaller range of tolerance)

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Trout

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Medium amount of oxygen concentration (larger range of tolerance)

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Carp

Question 22

Place where a species biologically adapted

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Habitat

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What, where, when an animals feeds, where it finds shelter, where it nests and how it responds to abiotic factors

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Ecological niche

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Anything that has mass and takes up space

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Matter

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Solid, liquid, gases

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States of matter

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The basic building blocks of all matter

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Atoms

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Atoms are neither created nor destroyed during chemical reactions

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Law of conservation of matter

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Consists of two or more atoms bonded together in a specific way

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Molecule

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Consists of two or more different kinds of atoms bonded together

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Compund

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Thin layer of gases separating Earth from outer space; major source of carbon and oxygen

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Atmosphere

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Water on Earth; source of hydrogen

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Hydrosphere

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Earth's crust; form of rock and soil minerals

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Lithosphere

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Any hard, crystalline, inorganic material of a given chemical composition

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Mineral

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Chemical compounds making up the tissues of living organisms

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Organic

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Carboon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorous, Sulfur

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6 most important chemical elements (CHNOPS)

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Making up living organisms

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Naturally organic compounds

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All other molecules or compounds

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Inorganic

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Anything that has the ability to move matter, has no mass and does not take space

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Energy

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram

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Calorie

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Energy in action or motion

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Kinetic energy

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Energy in storage

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Potential energy

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Potential energy contained in chemicals or fuels

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Chemical energy

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Measures the molecular motion in a substance cause by kinetic energy present

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Temperature

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Measure of the degree of disorder in a system

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Entropy

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Lowest form of energy

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Heat energy

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Photosynthesis Equation

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

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Cell Respiration Equation

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

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Breakdown of molecules

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Oxidation

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Material of plant cell walls

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Cellulose

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Converts sugar to gases, acids or alcohol

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Fermentation

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Circular pathways of elements involving biological, geological, and chemical processes

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Biogeochemical cycles

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Water pollution problem when there is too much phosphorous in the bodies of water

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Eutrophication

Question 53

A number of bacteria and cyanobacteria that can convert atmospheric nitrogen

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Nitrogen fixation

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A group of soil bacteria that oxidizes the ammonia to nitrat in chemosynthetic process

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Nitrifying bacteria

Question 55

A microbial process that occurs in soils and sediment depleted of oxygen which converts nitrates to nitrogen gas and released back into the atmosphere

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Denitrification