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Harris Goldstein
Harris Goldstein Biology Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecology | study of interactions among and between organisms and their environment |
| Ecosystem | collection of all the organisms that live in a particular area together with a non-living enviroment |
| community | different populations that live together in a defined area |
| biome | a particular physical enviroment that contains characteristic plants and animals; group of ecosystems; same climate; dominant communities |
| climax community | end or final community of succession |
| taxonomy | The classification of organisms in an ordered system based on specific characteristics |
| The four kingdoms of domain Eukarya | Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia |
| Kingdom Archaebacteria | The kingdom in which bacteria who can live in extreme habitats belong |
| Plantae | What kingdom is eukaryotic, multicellular,autotrophic and reproduce sexually |
| The term that describes each species is given a two part scientific name | binomial nomenclature |
| The Sun | The main source of energy that drives this reaction |
| What is in the cholorplasts | The location where this reaction takes place |
| The molecule that stores chemical energy once converted from light energy | ATP |
| The location in the cell where this reaction takes place | mitochondria |
| Besides carbon dioxide and water, the other product that is released from this reaction | energy |
| The formula for glucose used in this reaction | C6H12O6 |
| The reason why this reaction is an aerobic process | it requires oxygen? |
| Cellular respiration breaks down this molecule to produce energy | glucose |
| Non living factors in an ecosystem | abiotic factors |
| Organisms that make their own food and the trophic level to which they belong | autotrophs and producers |
| Factors that cause the population to decrease like competition | limiting factors |
| The level in an energy pyramid that has the most available energy | producer |
| One way carbon is recycled through the carbon cycle | combustion, respiration or photosynthesis |
| Precipitation, runoff, evaporation, and condensation are all part of this cycle | water cycle |
| More than one species living together in an ecosystem | community |
| Several different classes make up a ____ | phylum |
| A tool used to classify an organism based on observable characteristics | dichotomous key |
| The only thing that can not be recycled in an ecosystem once it has been used | energy |
| A snake that ate a frog that ate an insect which fed on a plant is this trophic level | tertiary consumer |