Semester 1 Final Biology

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Natural disturbances, such as fires or hurricanes, can result in
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What are some examples of density- dependent factors
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Organisms that live near or on the ocean floor are called
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Autotrophs are organisms that
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To convert nitrogen gas into ammonia is what?
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How do scientists divide the ocean into zones?
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What are the two main types of freshwater ecosystems?
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In a tropical rain forest, the dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall trees is called the
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The greenhouse effect causes an increase in
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Who were the first species to populate an area?
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A type of symbiosis in which both organisms benefit is called
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The maximum number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported by an environment is called
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What is a organism that relies on other organisms for its food supply
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What is not a characteristics of a population are its
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When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly this substance is called a
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The average, year- after- year conditions of temperature and precipitation within a particular region are its
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The movement of individual into an area is called
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In a nitrogen cycle, bacteria that live on the roots of plants
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What are the three factors that affect population size
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What is a niche?
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What is the process of denitrification?
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Density -independent limiting factors include
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The demographic transition is complete when
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The scientific study of human populations is called
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The total mass of living tissue at each trophic level can be shown in a
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The different levels of organization within the biosphere from smallest to largest are...
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The series of steps in which a large fish eats a small fish that has eaten algae is a
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What is when the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate
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A relationship in which one organism is helped and another organism is neither helped nor hurt is called
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What are the three basic approaches for scientists in research?
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Each step in a food chain or food web is called what?
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A limiting factor that depends on population size is called a
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A type of symbiosis in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed is called
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What is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment?
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If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of its environment, the
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Nutrients move through an ecosystem in
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What is age- structure diagrams
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All the biotic and abiotic factors in a pond form a
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The number of individuals of a single species per unit area is known as
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What are the three zones in the ocean?
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Which biogeochemical cycle does not involve a stage where the chemical enters the atmosphere
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What type of growth has a S-shape curve on a graph
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List the major biomes
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All of life on Earth exists in a region known as
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What is the main energy source for life?
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The range or area occupied by a population is its
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How many directions does energy flow?
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List and know the three zones of the Earth
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Groups of different species that live together in a defined area make up a
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What does not helps predict the population of countries