SOH 2024-2025 Semester 1 Pre-Assessment

Front

What is the term for when animals move into a population, leading to an increase in its size?

Back

Immigration

Front

What process do producers use to create their own food using sunlight?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What type of growth is characterized by a rapid increase in population size, often represented by a J-shaped curve?

Back

Exponential growth

Front

Which organelle is responsible for converting sunlight into glucose?

Back

Chloroplast

Front

What is the primary function of the cell membrane?

Back

Regulates what comes in and out of the cell.

Front

What is the term for the movement of individuals out of a population?

Back

Emigration

Front

What is the process called that involves the breakdown of glucose to release energy?

Back

Respiration

Front

What is the relationship called where one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What is the term for a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment?

Back

Ecosystem

Front

What is the name of the process that describes the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

Back

Carrying capacity