Trophic levels Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The study of interactions between life forms and their environment. - Answer-Ecology All living organisms in an environment plus the physical and chemical environments in which they live. - Answer-Ecosystem All the sunlight that hits a given area, primary producers use it to grow and reproduce, then converted to NPP - Answer-GPP (Gross Primary Productivity) The usable energy left over for consumers is called ____. It helps determine how many trophic levels an ecosystem can hold. - Answer-N...

How to do a Lab-based experiment (Scientific Experiment Method) - Answer-- IV/DV -Control Group -Experimental Group -Lab setting -30 in each group -Constants -How long it took to do the experiment -Measurements Ecosystem - Answer-living organisms and the physical and chemical factors which influence them (abiotic and biotic components) Example: A rocky shore Habitat - Answer-the place where organisms live Example: the area surrounding a hydrothermal vent Population - Answer-consists...

OCEAN 320 Final Exam | Questions with Verified Answers DDT would be characterized as this kind of molecule...... chlorinated hydrocarbon After 100 years of plankton studies which used small nets to capture the tiny floating creatures, what major plankton discovery was made in the 1990's of a type more numerous than any other? bacterial nanoplankton As far as harmful science is concerned, which two of the following are a combustible mix according to Carl Sagan? (select two) - power - ignorance...

KSU Biology 198 Exam 2 Questions With 100% Correct Answers Ecology The study of interactions between life forms and their environment. Ecosystem All living organisms in an environment plus the physical and chemical environments in which they live. GPP (Gross Primary Productivity) All the sunlight that hits a given area, primary producers use it to grow and reproduce, then converted to NPP NPP The usable energy left over for consumers is called ____. It helps determine how man...

Characteristics of traditional agroecosystems include - take advantage of the full range of microenvironmental variation within the cropping system, farm, and region; are built on the knowledge and culture of local inhabitants; tolerate of local conditions, insects and diseases, dependent on external, purchased inputs according to gliessman, the prevailing modern agriculture system is not sustainable. ___ is not a factor he says contrives to our unsustainability (ch 1) - --! reliance on sy...

Bio 106 Ecology Questions and Answers Already Passed What is a "community"? A group of many species organized by interactions What interactions structure the community? Mutualism, Consumption, Competition Who gets harmed, who benefits in each type of interaction? Mutualism- both benefit Consumption- one species benefits, other is harmed Competition- both species harmed, one more than the other How do these interactions create an interdependence underlying community structure? ...

What is Wildlife Diversity? - Answer-Wide variety in species, places, things, and processes What makes up an ecosystem? - Answer-Abiotic, Biotic, Scale, and Interactions between them What are the components of a 4-part food chain? - Answer-Primary Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer Why do higher trophic levels have relatively less biomass? - Answer-Only 10% of biomass is transferred from one tropic level to the next. What is a niche? - Answer-The ecolog...

. Double fertilization: - Occurs in angiosperms. The pollen produces 2 sperm cells. One sperm cell fertilizes the egg to form a zygote. The other sperm cell fertilizes the 2 polar nuclei to form a 3n endosperm. Which of the following explains why it's rare to have a higher trophic level than quaternary consumers? - Energy is lost between the trophic levels due to waste. Which of the following dispersion patterns could result from the distribution of resources in an environment? - Clumped ...

AICE Marine Science A Level Questions and Answers 100% Pass Primary producers - Correct Answer ️️ -fix carbon, in the process of photosynthesis, making organic substances which are then made available to higher trophic levels. Primary producers in marine ecosystems - Correct Answer ️️ -phytoplankton, larger algae such as Sargassum, and flowering plants such as the sea grasses. Function of sea grasses - Correct Answer ️️ -provides food for primary consumers, a habitat for many ...

Contents Use The Taxonomic Classification System 2 Respiratory System 10 Reproductive System 23 Nervous System 93 Immune System 130 Excretory System 148 Endocrine System 166 Digestive System 191 Circulatory System 217 Systems Physiology 244 Photosynthesis 476 Plant Biology 490 Understanding Viruses And Prions 541 Understanding Bacteria 555 Microorganisms And Viruses 570 Theorists And Evidence 607 Population Genetics 633 Inheritance 661 Identify Evolutionary Change Mechanisms...