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Honors Biology Semester 1 Final Study Guide |Questions
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What happens to Water, Nitrogen, Carbon and Phosphorous in an ecosystem? - ✔✔They are
Recycled
Why is water essential to life? - ✔✔- Essential for photosynthesis because is aids in the
production of glucose
- Water is the main component of cytoplasm which is in most cells
What property of water makes it capable of dissolving compounds? - ✔✔- Water is polar.
The polarity (Partial +, Partial - charges) makes it attracted to many different substances
abiotic factors - ✔✔physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
active transport - ✔✔diffusion that does require cellular energy
aerobic - ✔✔process that requires oxygen
anaerobic - ✔✔process that does not require oxygen
ATP - ✔✔adenosine triphosphate; source of energy for cellular reactions
biotic factor - ✔✔any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact
carrying capacity - ✔✔largest number of individualsof a particular species that an
environment can support
, cell membrane - ✔✔thin, flexible barrier that surrounds all cells; regulates what enters and
leaves the cell
cell wall - ✔✔strong, supporting layer around the cell membrane in some cells(plants, some
bacteria)
cellular respiration - ✔✔process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other
food molecules in the presence of oxygen
chlorophyll - ✔✔pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
chloroplast - ✔✔organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures
the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy
commensalism - ✔✔symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is
neither helped nor harmed(+,0)
community - ✔✔different populations that live together in a defined area
constant - ✔✔variables that are kept the same throughout the experiment
consumer - ✔✔organism that relies on other organisms for its energy and food supply; also
called a heterotroph
control - ✔✔group in an experiment that is exposed to the same conditions as the
experimental group except for one independent variable
cytoplasm - ✔✔cellular fluid surrounding all organelles or cell parts; found in all cell types
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