Jorge wants to see if petting his llamas in the morning makes them prance higher. What would be the dependent variable in his experiment?

Jorge wants to see if petting his llamas in the morning makes them prance higher. Which of the following would NOT be a constant in his experiment.

Jorge wants to see if petting his llamas in the morning makes them prance higher. Which of the following would be the control group?

Jorge wants to see if petting his llamas in the morning makes them prance higher. Which of the following would be the experimental group?

Jorge wants to see if petting his llamas in the morning makes them prance higher. What would be a good hypothesis for this experiment?

The study of living things.

The basic unit of all living things.

Made up of one cell.

Made up of more than one cell.

Group of organisms that can reproduce with one another.

How an organism reacts to something in its environment.

Part of an organism's environment that causes a response/reaction.

The ability of an organism to keep internal conditions balanced.

An inherited characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment.

The change of inherited traits in a population over time.

The study of how living things interact with the living and nonliving things in their environment.

One single living thing.

A group of the same species in the same area at the same time.

All the living things in one area.

The living and nonliving things in one area.

Ecosystems around the globe that have similar communities due to similar temperatures and amounts of precipitation.

All parts of the Earth that support life.

Nonliving factors in the environment.

Living factors.

A species role in its ecosystem.

The place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

The movement of soil from one location to the next by wind or water.

Two organisms fighting over a shared resource.

One organism kills another organism in order to consume it.

One organism benefits at the expense of another, without trying to kill it.

One species benefits and the other is not helped nor harmed.

A relationship in which both species benefit.

Organism that makes its own food use non-living material.

Organism that eats other living things to obtain energy.

Another name for a producer.

Another name for a consumer.

Term for an organism that eats plants only.

Term for an organism that eats meat only.

Organism that eats both plants and animals.

One path of feeding relationships, from producer up to tertiary consumer.

A diagram showing the flow of energy throughout an entire community.

The gradual process by which ecosystems change and develop over time, especially after a disturbance.

When a community rebuilds in an area where their is still soil.

When a ecological community builds in an area covered by rock.

The final stage of ecological succession, where the community has reached a balanced, stable state.

What type of species distribution is shown in this image?

What type of species distribution is shown in this image?

What type of species distribution is shown in this image?

The position an organism occupies in a food web.

Which of the following is a density dependent factor?

Which of the following is a density independent factor?

What type of population growth is shown on this graph?

What type of population growth is shown in this graph?

A biotic or abiotic factor that prevents the population from going over a certain size.

The maximum population size that an ecosystem can support continuously.

Liquid water turns into water vapor (gas).

When water falls from the sky as rain, snow, or sleet.

Organisms that break down dead or decaying matter.

When bacteria fix atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants.

Process where plants take in carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight in order to make biomass, then release oxygen.

The process that uses oxygen to release energy, giving off carbon dioxide at the end.

Process where bacteria in the soil change usable nitrogen back into an unusable form and release it back into the atmosphere.

Organisms move into an ecosystem.

Organisms move out of an ecosystem.

The seasonal movement of organisms to a different location, often for mating or more food availability.

When a non-native species spreads and causes harm to an ecosystem.

The variety of life.

Resources that can replenish themselves quickly.

Resources that can not be replaced quickly and may take thousands or millions of years for the Earth to make more.

Living or once living material.

When toxins build up in tissues of organisms, especially within top-level predators as they continue to consume more and more.

Term for when greenhouse gases trap some of the Sun's heat.

A form of fuel formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains.