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Define Ecology   show
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List the levels of Organization: Largest to Smallest   show
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Define Biosphere   show
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show Areas of the biosphere that have the same plants  
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Define Ecosystem   show
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show Biotic factors ONLY  
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Define Population   show
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Define Organism   show
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What are the 2 types of Population Characteristics   show
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Define Density   show
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Define Distribution   show
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show Random, Uniform, and Clumped  
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show Density-dependent Factors and Density-independent Factors  
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Define Density-dependent Factors   show
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show Food, space, # of predators, spread of disease  
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show DO NOT depend on # in the population  
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show Temp, Rain, Fire  
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What are the two types of Population Growth Curve?   show
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**Exponential Growth Curve looks like a curve straight up** **Conditions have to be perfect in order for this to happen*   show
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List the stages of a Logistic Growth Curve   show
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show Making sure it's OK to have babies *Looks like a straight horizontal line*  
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show Fast increase in population # *Steap Diagonal Line*  
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Define and describe Carrying Capacity   show
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Define and describe Steady State   show
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show It allows the animals to determine if it's ok to have babies so they don't waste energy not knowing if the baby will survive  
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**We humans, have a lag stage for about 18 years because we are not fit and aren't READY for a baby**   show
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Birth<death: Population decreases   show
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Habitat = Environment   show
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Define Niche   show
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Example of Niche   show
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show Chases, kills, and Eats prey  
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Define Prey   show
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show ANY relationship between organisms (have to be different species)  
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show BOTH organism benefit  
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List Examples of Mutualism   show
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show One Benefits(parasite), one gets hurt(host)  
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List Examples of Parasitism   show
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show One is happy(benefiting) + one does not care  
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show Shark + Remora Fish  
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What are the 3 types of Symbiosis   show
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show Bird is supplied with a unlimited supply of food(bugs) and Rhino is free of any bugs  
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How is a Lamprey + Fish an example of Parasitism   show
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How is a Shark + Remora Fish an example of Commensalism   show
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What is another name for a food chain?   show
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show Food (Autotroph/Heterotroph)  
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List order of the food chain   show
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show Autotroph  
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show Gets their energy from the sun using photosynthesis  
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Is Primary Consumer a Carnivore or Herbivore?   show
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show Carnivore  
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Is Tertiary Consumer a Carnivore or Herbivore?   show
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show Eats plants ONLY  
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show Eats meat ONLY  
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Define Omnivore   show
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show Return nutrients to environment (Keeps things going)  
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is a primary producer?   show
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is a primary consumer?   show
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is a secondary consumer?   show
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show Hawk  
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is an Autotroph?   show
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is a Herbivore?   show
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Grass-> Mouse-> Snake-> Hawk Which organism is a Carnivore?   show
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**Only 10% of the energy at 1 trophic level moves to the next level*   show
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In a food chain, if grass starts with 1,000,000 calories, how much is moved on to a mouse?   show
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In a food chain, if a Mouse has 100,000 calories, how much is moved on to a snake?   show
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In a food chain, if a Snake has 10,000 calories, how much is moved on to a hawk?   show
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**The tertiary consumer always has the least energy or any of something**   show
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List the 6 Land Biomes   show
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List the characteristics of the Tundra Biome   show
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show Grass(Climax Community)  
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show Coniferous forest(shrubs, grass, conifers) (No Deciduous trees can grow)  
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List the characteristics of the Deciduous Forest Biome   show
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List the characteristics of the Rainforest Biome   show
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List the characteristics of the Desert Biome   show
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List the three Biogeochemical Cycles:   show
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What are the 2 types of Ecological Succession?   show
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show When one community gets replaced by another  
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Example of Succession Grass-> Shrubs->Conifers(Gymno Cones)-> Deciduous Trees(leaves fall off)   show
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show Final Stable Community **Some environment can't grow trees, or certain plants, that is where it stops, and the last thing it can grow is its CLIMAX COMMUNITY*  
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show Starts w/ rock. Rocks have to be broken down into soil first (Lichen/Moss= Pioneer Species)  
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**Moss takes moisture out of rock, breaking it down**   show
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show Starts w/ soil  
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In Primary Succession how is rock broken down   show
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show Fresh water, Salt water, Estuary  
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show Rivers, lakes, streams (drinking water)  
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show Ocean, Sea, "Marine"  
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show Where fresh + salt water meet  
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List example of an Estuary Biome   show
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Define Bay   show
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**More food chains are in estuary than in the deep ocean**   show
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show Because bays are shallow, meaning there are more Primary producers because there are more sunlight  
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**Bays are shallow enough for sun to reach bottom, which Primary producers need*   show
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Define Chemosynthesis   show
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show Step 1: AVERAGE(MEAN) of the numbers you are given Step 2: MULTIPLY the AVERAGE and number of boxes in the grid to get final population estimation  
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Ecology is the study of how_____interact with________   show
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show Plants  
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show Distribution and Density  
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An organism job in the environment is called it's_______?   show
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If a population is equal to 500 and the birthrate equals 30 and the deathrate equals 40, what will happen to the overall population number?   show
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show Exponential  
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show Mutualism  
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When an insect helps to pollinate a flower, the insect gets nectar from the flower for food. Which of these is the host?   show
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If a field can only feed and house 35 mice, then 35 would be _________ of that habitat.   show
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Areas with the same Climax Community are in the same _______   show
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show Ecosystem  
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show Density-dependent  
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show Density-dependent  
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show Density-independent  
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show Density-dependent  
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show Density-dependent  
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show Exponential Phase  
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show Lag Phase  
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show Carrying Capacity  
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show Steady State  
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show Will increase  
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If for some reason the birthrate of a population suddenly decreases, what will happen to the overall population?   show
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If a population gets much larger than the carrying capacity, what will happen?   show
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show Commensalism-Ones benefits, one doesn't care Mutalism-Both benefit Parasitism- One Benefits, one is harmed  
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Put in order: Primary Consumer, Primary Producer, Secondary consumer, Sun, Tertiary consumer   show
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what % of the sun's energy gets used?   show
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show Nitrogen Cycle- caused by Nitrogen Fixation Water Cycle- caused by Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation  
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Primary succesion starts from _____   show
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What species is usually a pioneer species?   show
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How much energy from one trophic level goes to the next trophic level?   show
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show Climax  
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show Secondary  
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Which of the following is considered to be a "pioneer species"?   show
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Which biome has conifers as it's Climax community?   show
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show Desert  
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show Deciduous  
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Which biome is called "Marine" environment?   show
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Why are there so many food chains in an estuary?   show
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Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, or Decomposer: Eats both plants and animals   show
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Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, or Decomposer: Eats dead stuff   show
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Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, or Decomposer: Eats plants only   show
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