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15 Cards in this Set
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What are three human caused problems?
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Ozone Depletion (CFC's)
Global Warming (deforestation) Population Growing (Over Pop.) |
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Over ____ percent of Oxygen comes from blue/green algae in Oceans
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60
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What are the six levels of life from largest to smallest?
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Biosphere
Ecosystem Community Population Species Organism |
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What is Interconnectedness?
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All of the living things interacting with all of the other living things and some non-living things.
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Why are models important in Biology?
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It is possible to adopt large to small for easier examination
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Habitat
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The physical area in which an organism lives
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Biotic Factors
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living component of an ecosystem
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Abiotic Factors
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any nonliving component of an ecosystem
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Tolerance Curve
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a graph of an organism's tolerance to a range of an enviromental variable
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Acclimation
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The process of an organisms adjustment to an abiotic factor
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Conformers
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(cold-blooded) an organism theat does not regulate its internal enviroment
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Regulators
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(warm-blooded) an organism the uses energy to control its internal enviroment
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Dormancy
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a state of decreased metabolism
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Migration
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moving to another more favorable habitat
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Resources
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the energy and materials a species need
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