Ecosystem Organization + Classifying and Naming Organisms + Studying Organisms in Ecosystems

Question 1

everything that affects an organism and everything an organism affects in it’s life

Answer 1

Environment

Question 2

living components of the environment. (ex. other organisms, predators, food)

Answer 2

Biotic Components

Question 3

non-living components of the environment. (ex. sunlight, water, minerals)

Answer 3

Abiotic Components

Question 4

scientists who study the interactions of organisms with one another and their environment

Answer 4

Ecologists

Question 5

organisms that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring.

Answer 5

Species

Question 6

a group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area at the same time

Answer 6

Population

Question 7

consists of all the individuals in all of the interacting populations in a given area

Answer 7

Community

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Ecosystem

Question 9

What changes can alter population size?

Answer 9

Sunlight, temperature, and available water

Question 10

As the population of one species changes, the population of it’s predators go ____

Answer 10

down

Question 11

As the population of one species changes, the population of it’s prey go ____

Answer 11

up!!

Question 12

How can a habitat be altered?

Answer 12

Fires, floods, and rockslides

Question 13

All the ecosystem in the world and their interactions make up the..

Answer 13

Biosphere

Question 14

The science of classification according to the presumed relationships among organisms

Answer 14

Taxonomy

Question 15

What are the six kingdoms of life?

Answer 15

1. Archaea
2. Bacteria
3. Protista
4. Fungi
5. Plantae
6. Animalia

Question 16

_______ : Prokaryote = single-celled, Enucleated, Capable of living in extreme environments, Such as salt lakes, hot springs, and underwater thermal hot vents

Answer 16

Archaea

Question 17

________ : Prokaryote, Genetically very different from Archaebacteria

Answer 17

Bacteria

Question 18

________ : Eukaryote, Have a nucleus, Unicellular & multicellular, Consist of autotrophs and heterotrophs

Answer 18

Protista

Question 19

_____ : Eukaryote, Unicellular & multicellular, Obtain food by secreting digestive enzymes onto their food source -> Absorb molecules released by the enzymes, Sessile (doesn’t move)

Answer 19

Fungi

Question 20

_______ : Eukaryote, Most are multicellular with specialized cells, Capable of photosynthesis (autotrophs), Sessile

Answer 20

Plantae

Question 21

________ : Eukaryote, Multicellular, Ingest their food (heterotrophs), Motile

Answer 21

Animalia

Question 22

What are the three Domains of Life?

Answer 22

1. Eukarya
2. Bacteria
3. Archaea

Question 23

Which domain includes the kingdoms of Protista, Fungi, Plantae, & Animalia?

Answer 23

Eukarya

Question 24

Which domain includes the kingdom Bacteria?

Answer 24

BACTERIA!!!

Question 25

Which domain includes the kingdom Archaea?

Answer 25

ARCHAEA!!!

Question 26

A two-word naming system comprised of the genus & species name

Answer 26

Binomial Nomenclature

Question 27

Appears 1st, noun, capitalized, underlined or italicized

Answer 27

Genus

Question 28

Appears 2nd, descriptive, lower case, underlined or italicized

Answer 28

species

Question 29

Identification key that uses a series of paired organisms to sort organisms into smaller and smaller groups

Answer 29

Dichotomous key

Question 30

Name how animals are classified from less specific to most specific (starting from Domain)

Answer 30

1. Domain 2. Kingdom 3. Phylum 4. Class 5. Order 6. Family 7. Genus 8. Species

Question 31

refers to the average weather conditions in particular region over a period of time, usually 30 years or more

Answer 31

Climate

Question 32

what is climate determined by?

Answer 32

temperature and rainfall

Question 33

what is temperature and rainfall influenced by?

Answer 33

unequal heating of the Earth, Local geography, Snow/ice cover, and Proximity of large bodies of water

Question 34

large ecosystems

Answer 34

Biomes

Question 35

Biomes are plotted based on what?

Answer 35

Annual Temperature and Precipitation

Question 36

Patterns suggest that an increase in both temperature and precipitation are related to an increase in what?

Answer 36

Biodiversity

Question 37

Biomes on land

Answer 37

Terrestrial Biomes

Question 38

Biomes on lakes, rivers, estuaries (where river flows into the ocean), coral reefs, intertidal zones (where an ocean meets the land).

Answer 38

Aquatic Biomes

Question 39

Within ______ and vegetation zones are different Habitats, each with its own set of organisms and abiotic conditions.

Answer 39

Biomes

Question 40

_____ of a population/species : the geographical area where the population or species is found

Answer 40

Range

Question 41

The role that members of a species play in a community and the total range of biotic and abiotic requirements that its members need in order to survive.

Answer 41

Niche

Question 42

Which aquatic ecosystem section would have most life?

Answer 42

Limnetic (plenty of water and sunlight)

Question 43

Section of Aquatic Ecosystem which is close to the shore

Answer 43

Littoral

Question 44

Section of Aquatic Ecosystem that’s lower levels of body of water

Answer 44

Benthic

Question 45

Section of Aquatic Ecosystem which is the deep zone (no light penetration)

Answer 45

Profundal

Question 46

Section of Aquatic Ecosystem that’s open, well lit surface waters

Answer 46

Limnetic

Question 47

There are abiotic and biotic limiting _______ that control the number of individuals in a population

Answer 47

Factors

Question 48

What are some Abiotic Limiting Factors?

Answer 48

Soil type, Moisture, Humidity levels, and Temperature range

Question 49

What are some Biotic Limiting Factors?

Answer 49

Competition, Predation, and Parasitism

Question 50

Intraspecific Competition - ______ a population

Answer 50

WITHIN

Question 51

Interspecific Competition - _______ a population

Answer 51

BETWEEN