Biology Unit 1 Review Flashcards - Correctd

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Exponential growth occurs when the size of each generation of offspring is larger than the previous one, leading to faster population growth.

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Exponential growth

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The missing component in Box 5 of the food web is decomposers.

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Decomposers

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The competitive exclusion principle states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time.

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Competitive exclusion principle

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The tendency for warm air to rise and cool air to sink results in global wind patterns.

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Global wind patterns

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The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that maintains Earth's temperature range.

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Greenhouse effect

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Demographic transition is change from high birthrates and high death rates to low birthrates and low death rates.

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Demographic transition describes the shift in population dynamics.

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All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food web.

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A food web illustrates the complex feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

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As resources in a population become less available, the population reaches carrying capacity.

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Carrying capacity is the maximum population size that an environment can sustain.

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Part of the water cycle that is a biological process: transpiration.

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Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts.

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The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is called ecology.

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Ecology studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment.