vocab finale

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

a group of individuals of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

up of all the living organisms which interact with one another in a particular area

Question 4

Mutualism

Answer 4

a relationship in which both species are mutually benefited

Question 5

Commensalism

Answer 5

a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from the other without either harming or benefiting the latter

Question 6

Parasitism

Answer 6

a symbiotic relationship in which one organism causes harm to another, the host

Question 7

Combustion

Answer 7

a chemical reaction including oxygen which leads to _______, accompanied with heat and light

Question 8

Estuary

Answer 8

a partially enclosed body of water formed by fresh water from rivers flowing into and mixing with ocean saltwater

Question 9

Molting

Answer 9

the shedding or casting off of an outer layer or covering and the formation of its replacement

Question 10

Thermocline

Answer 10

the transition layer between the warmer mixed water at the surface and the cooler deep water below

Question 10

Eukaryote

Answer 10

a living cell w/ a nucleus

Question 11

Prokaryote

Answer 11

a living cell w/out a nucleus

Question 12

Insulin

Answer 12

a hormone that regulates the amount of sugar in the blood

Question 13

Ectotherm

Answer 13

cold blooded

Question 14

Endotherm

Answer 14

warm blooded

Question 15

Alveoli

Answer 15

tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs at the end of the bronchioles, or small branches of air tubes, in the lungs. where oxygen and CO2 are traded off

Question 16

Vortex

Answer 16

a mass of fluid (such as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle

Question 17

Doldrums

Answer 17

a nautical term for the belt around the equator where sailing ships can get stuck in windless waters

Question 18

Lithosphere

Answer 18

the rigid, outermost layer of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite, made up of the crust and the lithospheric mantle

Question 19

Asthenosphere

Answer 19

a portion of the Earth’s mantle that flows like molten plastic despite being solid (mushy like)

Question 20

Subduction

Answer 20

A geologic process in which one edge of one lithospheric plate is forced below the edge of another

Question 21

Luster

Answer 21

how a mineral’s surface reflects light and how the interior of the mineral may refract or bend light

Question 22

Erosion

Answer 22

the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water (moving)

Question 23

Weathering

Answer 23

the wearing down or breaking of rocks while they are in place (staying)

Question 24

Deposition

Answer 24

the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice (placing down)