Connections Midterm

Front 1

The conversion of solar energy into chemical energy occurs in ______ ?

Back 1

Photosynthesis

Front 2

Organisms that feed on both plants and animals are called?

Back 2

Omnivore

Front 3

Wood, wind, and water are all considered ______ resources?

Back 3

Renewable

Front 4

Coal natural gas and oil are all considered ______ resources?

Back 4

Non-Renewable

Front 5

Plants, kelp, ferns and phytoplank-
ton are all examples of ______ ?

Back 5

Producers

Front 6

Which consumers are above primary consumers?

Back 6

Secondary

Front 7

Producers obtain their energy from the ________ ?

Back 7

Sun

Front 8

Primary consumers would be at which trophic level?

Back 8

Second
trophic level

Front 9

The many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem is called a _______ ?

Back 9

Food Web

Front 10

Organisms that feed on dead organisms are called?

Back 10

Decomposer

Front 11

A way of doing something that has minimal loss of energy of resources, which can be continued indefinitely is called?

Back 11

Sustainability

Front 12

Respiration that requires oxygen is called?

Back 12

Aerobic

Front 13

Single celled organism that can undergo both aerobic and anaerobic respiration is called?

Back 13

Yeast

Front 14

Data described with numbers is called?

Back 14

Quantitative

Front 15

Stable state of equilibrium, the maintenance of a balance of energy, and material flow into and out of living cells is called?

Back 15

Homeostasis

Front 16

Energy of motion is called?

Back 16

Kinetic

Front 17

Unit used in the measurement of energy is called?

Back 17

Joule

Front 18

The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1g of anything by 1 c?

Back 18

Specific Heat

Front 19

This states that all heat entering a system adds that amount of energy to the system?

Back 19

1st law of
thermodynamics

Front 20

This states that energy cannot be created or destroyed?

Back 20

Law of conservation
of energy

Front 21

This states that heat will always flow from areas of higher temperature to areas of lower temperature?

Back 21

2nd law of
thermodynamics

Front 22

These must seek sun or shade to maintain a stable internal temperature?

Back 22

Cold - blooded
animals

Front 23

Water is considered to have a ____ specific heat.

Back 23

High

Front 24

These will sweat or pant when hot?

Back 24

Warm - blooded
animals

Front 25

One example of a poikilotherm is _________ ?

Back 25

Snake

Front 26

One example of a homeotherm is _________ ?

Back 26

Humans

Front 27

An insulated container designed to measure the energy released or absorbed during chemical and physical changes is called?

Back 27

Calorimeter

Front 28

An exponential growth curve looks like the letter _______ ?

Back 28

J - Curve

Front 29

Carrying capacity is determined by ________ ?

Back 29

Resource
availability

Front 30

Graphing the distribution of ages in a population at a specific time is a country's _________ ?

Back 30

Population
pyramid

Front 31

The relationship between a bobcat and a rabbit is an example of a _____ relationship.

Back 31

OK

Front 32

When birth rate is equal to death rate in a population.

Back 32

OK

Front 33

Using satellites to collect data about the Earth is called?

Back 33

OK

Front 34

Economic and Industrial growth that does not harm the environment is called?

Back 34

OK

Front 35

_______ reduce the transfer of heat. Think can challenge

Back 35

OK