B20 Vocab for Chapter 1-3 test
CHAPTER 1
food chain, food web, biomass, primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, etc.
producers, herbivores, consumers, carnivores, top carnivore, decomposers
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, trophic levels
chemosynthesis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration
pyramid of numbers, pyramid of biomass, pyramid of energy, inverted pyramids
First and Second Law of Thermodynamics, Law of Conservation of Energy, Law of Conservation
of Mass
CHAPTER 2
Biogeochemical cycles, slow and rapid cycling of matter, carbon sinks,
transpiration, evaporation, runoff, precipitation, properties of water: polarity, heat capacity,
surface tension, high boiling and melting point, universal solvent, density anomaly (highest
density at 4oC), capillary action, adhesion, cohesion
nitrogen fixation, denitrification, nitrification, ammonification, legumes and root nodules, algal
blooms, sulfates, phosphates, nitrates, carbonates
CHAPTER 3
individual, population, species, community, habitat, niche, ecosystem
limiting factors: abiotic factors (i.e. temperature, water availability, soil, pollution, nutrients, etc.
and biotic factors (i.e. disease, intraspecfic competition, interspecific competition, parasitism,
predation.
natural selection, selective advantage
biomes, temperate deciduous forest, temperate rain forest, tropical rain forest, tundra, oceans,
grasslands, deserts, taiga,
stromatolites, cyanobacteria
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukaryota, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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Linnaean system of naming species