Sea Otter Flashcard

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What gas is expelled from the lungs when humans respire?

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Carbon Dioxide

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What is the term for the change in allele frequency of a population due to randomness?

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Genetic Drift

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What is the carrying capacity of an ecosystem?

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The maximum population size that an environment can sustain, e.g., around 500 for certain populations.

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What is a biotic factor that affects the carrying capacity of a population?

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Predator

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What happens to producers if a secondary consumer is introduced into an ecosystem?

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Producers would increase due to a decrease in primary consumers.

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Define carrying capacity.

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support sustainably.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What role do predators play in an ecosystem?

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Predators help control the population of primary consumers, affecting the carrying capacity.

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What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

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Biotic factors are living components of an ecosystem, while abiotic factors are non-living components.

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What is genetic drift?

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A mechanism of evolution that refers to random changes in allele frequencies in a population.