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Biology EOC Review – Questions & Correct SolutionsAir pollution causes allow of the following except? Right Ans -
deforestation
Nonrenewable source Right Ans - something that can be replenished but a
much smaller rate than it is used
Population Right Ans - groups of organisms living at the same place at the
same time
Which two things caused a decrease in population and size? Right Ans -
death and emigration
Greenhouse effect Right Ans - natural process of warming Earth's surface
Transpiration Right Ans - when water vapor evaporates from trees and
other plants
How does energy flow in a food web/chain? Right Ans - through one
trophic level to the next
What is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem? Right Ans - the sun
Decomposers Right Ans - Organisms that break down the dead remains of
other organisms
Primary succession Right Ans - rebuilding of a community where the
pioneer of the species must begin on bare rock
Secondary succession Right Ans - reestablishment of a damaged ecosystem
in an area where the soil was left intact
Mutualism Right Ans - A relationship between two species in which both
species benefit
Parasitism Right Ans - One organism benefits and the other is harmed
,Commensalism Right Ans - A relationship between two organisms in which
one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
Predation Right Ans - An interaction in which one organism kills another
for food.
Keystone species Right Ans - a species that has an unusually large effect on
its ecosystem
Invasive species Right Ans - plants and animals that have migrated to
places where they are not native
Nitrogen fixation Right Ans - bacteria converts gaseous nitrogen into a
usuable form for plants to take up by
Carrying capacity Right Ans - The largest population that an area can
support
logistic growth curve Right Ans - The S-shaped growth curve that is
generated by the logistic growth equation. In the logistic, a small population
grows rapidly, but the growth rate slows down, and the population eventually
reaches a constant size
Community Right Ans - All the different populations that live together in an
area
Producer Right Ans - An organism that can make its own food
Primary consumer Right Ans - An organism that eats producers
Secondary consumer Right Ans - An organism that eats primary consumers
Tertiary consumer Right Ans - An organism that eats secondary consumers
Which two factors determine the climate of an ecosystem? Right Ans -
temperature and precipitation
High biodiversity makes an ecosystem? Right Ans - strong and healthy
, autotrophs use photosynthesis as part of the Right Ans - carbon cycle
density independent limiting factor Right Ans - limiting factor that affects
all populations in similar ways, regardless of population size
the arrows in a food web point in the direction of Right Ans - energy flow
scavengers Right Ans - an organism that feeds on the dead bodies of other
organisms.
How much energy is lost at each trophic level? Right Ans - 90%, 10% of
energy is passed on
example of a lipid Right Ans - fats and oils
what is polysaccharide another name for? Right Ans - carbohydrates
purpose of an enzyme? Right Ans - speed up chemical reactions
what does it mean for something to be substrate specific? Right Ans - only
works on one type of chemical reaction
extremely high temperatures have the ability to Right Ans - cause enzymes
to stop working
what is an enzyme? Right Ans - protein
what is nucleic acid made of? Right Ans - sunbit nucleotides
what macromolecules functions in long term energy storage? Right Ans -
lipids
what is a macromolecule made up of only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
Right Ans - carbohydrate and lipid
What stores genetic information? Right Ans - nucleic acid
primary element found in all macromolecules? Right Ans - carbon
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