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| How high does the biosphere go up into the air, and how low does it go into the ground? |
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| What is the best modern definition for “life”? |
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Definition
-Self reproduction
-Stores information
-Natural selection |
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| What are the six kingdoms of life? |
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Definition
Archaea
Animalia
Protoctista
Plantae
Monera
Fungi |
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Definition
A species is defined as any group of
potentially interbreeding individuals. |
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Definition
Members of a species that live within a given
area (in communication and capable of
interbreeding). |
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Definition
Assemblage of living entities (plant,
animals, microbes) |
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| Know the main trophic levels in a biotic community (biotic structure) and their subdivisions. There are two main types, and each of these can be further subdivided. |
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Definition
Autotrophs-->Photosynthetic, Chemosynthetic
Heterotrophs-->Consumers, Necrophages |
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Term
| Approximately what percent of the biomass of one trophic level is passed on to the next trophic level? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the non-feeding relationships mentioned in class? |
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Definition
Competition
Commensalism
Mimicry
Mutualism
Symbiosis
Helotism |
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Term
| What is the difference between a habitat and a niche? |
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Definition
Area/physical environment
Behavior |
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Term
| What biological interaction leads to resource partitioning and niche specialization? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is ecological succession, and what is the difference between primary and secondary succession? |
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Definition
New life
Pioneer focus on throughput of energy and resources
Climax focuses on sustainability |
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Term
| What abiotic factor is most important in determining the biome of an area, and what is the definition of a biome? |
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Definition
Climate
Biome - grouping of related ecosystems |
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Term
| What is the biome relationship to latitude and altitude? |
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Definition
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Term
| What do you call the transitional boundary between two biomes? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the six most common elements found in organisms, and what is the movement of material between the biosphere and the non-living components of the Earth called? |
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Definition
| Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Sulfur |
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Term
| What are the four major biogeochemical cycles detailed in class? |
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Definition
Carbon
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
Sulfur |
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Term
| In the carbon cycle, does the ocean act as a net source of carbon to the atmosphere or a net sink of carbon from the atmosphere? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which element requires bacteria to become available for use by higher organisms? |
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Definition
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| Which major biological element does not have an atmospheric component? |
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Definition
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| Which element’s cycling is least understood? |
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Definition
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