Rate at which population will grow if all individuals survive and reproduce at maximum capacity.

The maximum number of individuals an ecosystem is capable of carrying

J-Curve: curve on graph that looks like a J. This curve has two phases.

S-Curve: looks like a S on a graph. Has three phases

Factors that affect population in different ways depending on population density

Occur regardless of population density

Use metabolic heat to keep a stable body temperature

An animal that is dependent on external sources of body heat

Energy-carrying molecule found in cells

A state of physical or mental inactivity, lethargy

the condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state

Prolonged torpor or dormancy during a hot or dry period

The chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy

Shrinking the diameter of blood vessels that supply the skin

Blood vessels that get blood to the skin widen allowing blood to flow closer to the surface.

An arrangement of blood vessels in which heat flows from warmer to cooler blood, usually reducing heat loss

Balance in proportions of an object or organism

Irregular body shape

Can be divided along any plane, through a central axis, into roughly equal halves

Can be divided down its length into similar right and left halves that form mirror images of one another

Animals lacking a backbone

Animals with a backbone

What are the 3 germ layers?

Inner layer, gives rise to the gut and many internal organs

Middle layer, gives rise to muscle tissue and connective tissue

Outer layer, gives rise to the epidermis and nervous system

That gradual increase of chemicals or pesticides in an organism

The amount of chemicals or pesticides grows every time it pases up the food chain

Powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystem

Plant life that naturally exists in an ecosystem

Animals life that naturally exists in an ecosystem

Good benefits of wildfires (select 3)

Bad affects of wildfires (select 3)

What was the famous "point" of the Pleistocene Epoch

Birds are vertebrates. True or False?

Approximately how many species of modern birds are there?

Birds will run their bill through their feathers to keep them in good flying condition and also use their beak to rub oil from a gland near the tail onto the feathers

Process of shedding old feathers with the growth of new ones

Used for flight

Used for insulation

Did you read Path of the Puma by Jim Williams?