Bio Ecology Review ABCDEF,I

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How might individual organisms respond to increasing global temperatures?

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Migration to cooler regions or higher elevations.

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What is tropism?

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A plant's response to a stimulus.

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What is phototropism?

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The movement of plants towards light.

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What will most likely happen if an appropriate enzyme is added to a chemical reaction?

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The reaction rate will increase.

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What happens when enzymes are heated to a high temperature?

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The shapes of the enzyme are altered (denatured).

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Define ecology.

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The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.