Introduction to Biology and Populations Ecology JEOPARDY!! ?

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Introduction to Biology and Populations Ecology
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Characterstics of Life Lab Skills Ecology Overview Population Structure and Dynamics Population Growth
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When its hot outside, you sweat.
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Living things need to maintain homeostasis.
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Characteristics of Life
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If you cut yourself, a scab will form.
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Living things must grow and develop.
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Change that occurs in a species overtime in
response to the continuously changing environment
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Living things evolve.
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A plant moves towards the sun.
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Living things must be able to respond to stimuli
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All living organisms share similar instructions
to run cell processes and pass on hereditary
information.
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Living things must have Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
(DNA)
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What is an independent variable?
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Lab Skills
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What the experimenter is testing, should only be
1!
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What is a dependent variable?
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The biological response or what the experimenter
measures
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Why do we need controlled variables?
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Lab Skills
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To ensure we are testing only one independent
variable
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What should you do with your hypothesis after
your experiment?
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Accept- data collected in the experiment
supports it.Reject- data collected does not
support it.
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What do we call the placebo group in an
experiment, and why is it essential?
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The Control Group- to use as a standard for
comparison.
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Ecology Overview
List the ecological levels of organization from
least inclusive (specific) to most inclusive
(broadest)
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Organism, Popululation, Community, Ecosystem,
Biosphere
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Ecology Overview
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Define Ecology.
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The study of how organisms interact with their
environment and each other.
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A group of pigeons.
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Population
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In addition to populations, ecosystems include
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Abiotic Factors
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The sum of all of the planets ecosystems
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Biosphere
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Population Structure
Define Population Density.
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Population Structure
The number of individuals of a species per unit
area or volume
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Population Structure
How do scientists determine population density
and why?
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Population Structure
Counting or Sampling Techniques- its often
impossible and impractical to count all organism
in an area.
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Population Structure
Why would an organisms in a population take on
clumped dispersion?
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Herding patterns social behavior uneven
distribution of resources mating
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What are survivorship curves?
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Graphs (curves) generated from life tables.
Looks at average life span of organisms to make
determinations about population growth.
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What kind of distribution would a Cresotebush in
the desert take and why?
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Uniform- competition for water
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Cells
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Alimentary What Sherlock Holmes said to Dr.
Watson.Urinate What a nurse would say if a
patient asked her what room he's in.Urine - The
opposite of "You're out!"Benign What we want
when we are eight.Intestine - Currently taking
an exam CARDIOLOGY advanced study of poker
playing TERMINAL ILLNESS getting sick at the
airport
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Population Growth
What are the factors that limit population growth?
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Density-dependent (competition, health,
predation, physiological factors) Density-independ
ent (acidity, salinity, fires, catastrophes,
weather conditions) Boom and Bust cycles
(pred/prey relationships, food supply)
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What kind of growth model is represented below,
and how is it possible?
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Exponential Growth Model- conditions are ideal,
birth rates exceed death rates
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What are the characteristcs of the logistic
growth model?
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Idealized population growth slowed by limiting
factors.
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What is this? Analyze the data!
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Age Structure Diagram- Decline in Population
Growth Not enough children being born to replace
those who die
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What kind of growth do humans exhibit? Why is
this a concern?
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Exponential Growth. Its idealand nothings
perfect! resources will run out disease will
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