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BIO exam 1

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Definition
energy   capacity to do work; requires material & energy.  
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reproduction   to make more of itself  
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homeostasis   staying the same, internal environment**  
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evolution   frequency of changes in population. Adaptations that stuck around from generation - generation.  
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KPCOFGS   K-kingdom P-phylum C-class O-order F-family G-genus S-species  
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Main domains?   Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya  
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prokaryotes   lack of nucleus  
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eukaryotes   w/ nucleas  
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taxonomy   assignment of binomial(two part name) to each species. First word(capitalized): genus second word: specific species name. Homo sapiens.  
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biosphere   zone of air, land, and water on earth where living organisms are found  
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population   where individual organisms are found, members of a species within a particular area  
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community   all the different populations in the same area  
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biodiversity   total number of species, variability of their genes, and the ecosystems in which they live  
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biology   study of life  
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observations   using 5 senses, instruments, knowledge/past experiences  
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inductive reasoning   creative thinking to combine isolated facts into a whole  
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hypothesis   a well educated guess or explanation for a natural event. must be able to be repeated  
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deductive reasoning   if, then logic.  
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experimental design   how a scientist plans to conduct his experiment  
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model   representation of an actual subject  
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theory   concepts that join together by well supported and related hypothesis. supported by a broad range of observations and repeated positive experiments  
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principle   something accepted by an overwhelming number of people. (evolution)  
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abiotic   the nonliving aspects. sunlight, inorganic nutrients, water availability, wind speed, average temperature, type of soil, and conditions  
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biotic   various populations of species that form a community  
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autotrophs   self feeders. produce their own food and food for other organisms in the population by an outside energy source.  
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heterotrophs   need an outside source, they consume food.  
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detritus   partially decomposed matter in the water and soil.  
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ecological pyramid   large energy losses that occur between successive trophic levels  
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trophic level   all the organisms that feed at a particular link in a food chain  
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reservoir   source normally unavailable to producers; fossilized remains, rocks, deep sea sediments  
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exchange pools   source from which organisms generally take chemicals such as the atmosphere or soil  
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biotic community   chemicals move along food chains perhaps never entering a pool  
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water cycle step 1   fresh water is distilled from salt water, suns rays cause fresh water to evaporate from sea water and the salts are left behind  
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water cycle step 2   condensation occurs, amount of water evaporating from the ocean exceeds the amount of precipitation that falls back into the ocean; often the excess moves over and falls on land.  
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water cycle step 3   water also evaporates from land. plants. bodies of water. gravity eventually returns all fresh water to the sea .  
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precipitation   rain snow sleet hail and fog  
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aquifers   rock layers that contain water and release it in appreciable quantities to wells or springs.  
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How are aquifers recharged?   when snow/rain percolate into the soil  
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H20 human activities   using too much aquifer water, ground water levels are falling-could run out  
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phosphorous cycle   limited for plants. p moves from rocks on land to the oceans where it gets trapped in sediments. P then moves back onto land following a geological upheavel  
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p human activities   fertilizers, cause too much algae in water, when algae die decomposers use all the oxygen so massive fish kill  
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nitrogen cycle   unavailable for plants - also limiting nutrient for plants  
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nitrogen fixation   nitrogen gas converts into ammonium ions - plants can use  
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nitrification   nitrogen gas converted to nitrate - ammonium ions in the soil are converted to nitrate by soil bacteria---first nitrite producing bacteria convert ammonium ions-nitrite; and then nitrate producing bacteria convert nitrite to nitrate  
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chemautotrophs   two groups of bacteria in nitrification called the nitrifying bacteria  
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dentrification   conversion of nitrate back to nitrogen gas-enter the atmosphere, would counterbalance nitrogen fixation except human activites  
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nitrogen cycle human activities   fertilizer does same as p, fertilizer use results in nitrous oxide - causes acid rain and ozone depletion  
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deserts   rainfall: less than 25 cm temp:v. hot animals: reptiles, snakes, insects, kangaroo, coyotes, hawk, rodents  
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savannas   some trees cool dry season ---hot rainy season trees: acacia animals: elephants, giraffes, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, leopards,zebras, buffalo. rhino  
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grasslands   rainfall greater than 25 cm no trees grasses - seasonal bison migrate ground squirrels hibernate  
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shrublands   dry summers - rain during winter small thick evergreen leaves - waxy - flammable quickly regrow coyotes jackrabbits gophers rodents  
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tropical forests   minimum of 190 cm rainfall richest land most wildlife - variety of animals, plants, insects  
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temperate decidous forests   south of taiga 75 - 150 cm rainfall seasons well defined oak beech maple leaves fall & regrow squirrels skunks rabbits turkeys pheasants red foxes deer bears  
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coniferous forests   cone/needle trees spruce pine fir v cold lots of snow mountains deer moose bear mountain lion beavers  
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tundra   20 cm rainfall not a desert bc of melting snow - creates little ponds and bogs short grasses reindeer caribou wolves birds insects  
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