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Four Most Common Elements That Make up Living Things |
Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen |
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Describe how atoms are arranged to form molecules |
The atoms form by combining With one and another |
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How is the nitrogen cycle connected to the water cycle |
Excess fertilizer not taken up by plants travel to bodies of water |
Algal Bloom |
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How is the oxygen cycle connected to the carbon cycle |
Animals give of carbon dioxide, plants release oxygen |
Cellular respiratory and photosynthesis |
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How can humans impact the cycles |
Release too much CO2, Polluting water, deforestation, Use of fertilizer |
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Explain the 10% rule |
Only 10% of the energy is passed to the next trophic level |
90% is lost in heat |
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What is the quadrat sampling method ? |
Estimating the population that has limited or no movement |
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What is the mark and recapture method? |
Capturing a number of individuals, marking them to identify them and then releasing them. |
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What do both sampling techniques have in common? |
They both help check the population density |
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What are examples of density dependent factors |
Food and nutrients, Birth Rate, and predation |
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What are examples of density independent factors? |
Whether and natural disasters |
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What is the difference between exponential and logistic growth |
Exponential: unlimited resources Logistic: carrying capacity of the environment |
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Which abiotic factors affect biomes? |
Sunlight, Temperature, Precipitation and Soil |
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What factors could cause a population that is experiencing exponential growth to reach its carrying capacity |
Lack of sunlight, shelter, predation, disease and food & water |
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