Wildcat Populations Vocab

A chemical reaction where glucose is burned to produce carbon dioxide and energy is called

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• osmosis

• exponential fluctuation

The simplest and smallest sugar used by all creatures to release energy.

• oxygen

• sucrose

• glucose

• starch

Interconnected food chains that show the transfer of energy from one organism to another.

• food chain

• ecosystem

• population

• food web

A measure of how far off your population estimate is

• percent error

• malfeasance

• population incorrection

• fluctuation

True or false. A stable population can fluctuate.

• true

• false

When two or more populations use the same food source.

A scientist who studies the interactions of organisms and their environment.

• ecosystem

• zoologist

• anthropologist

• ecologist

The ability to make things move or change.

A way of counting a population without having to count every single organism.

• fluctuation

• stability

• sampling

• picking

Most of these are plants.

• producer population

• consumer population

• competitive organisms

• ecosystems