Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Midterm Exam
Name:________________________________Date:_________
Course and Section:____________________
1. This is the study of the multitude interactions between humans and the world
around them, living and non living.
2. This acts reciprocally with the abiotic factors of the environment , which limit their
distribution.
3. This refers to a method of reasoning in which the premises are viewed as
supplying some evidence, but not full assurance, of the truth of the conclusion.
4.It comprises all the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a
certain time.
5. This is a scientific trait which refers being recognized as a source of of reliable
information.
6. He/She led a grassroots movement that spurred an executive order from the
president to ban new mining permits. (First name and Last name only)
7. This is the profession of an organism in an ecosystem.
8. This starts out with a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the
possibilities to reach a specific, logical conclusion.
9. This is intended to help the reader understand why your research should matter to
them after they have finished reading the paper.
10.An animal that eats both plant and animal material
11.This is the primary component of mammalian bones and teeth, insect
exoskeletons, phospholipid membranes of cells, and is used in a variety of other
biological functions.
12.This is the product of incomplete combustion in fossil fuels.
13..This helps pull water lower and lower until it reaches the oceans and other such
depression may also serve as the lowest basin into which water can be drawn.
14. Mode of nutrition in which an organism is unable to synthesize its own energy-
rich carbohydrate molecules and is parasitic or saprophytic on other organisms .
15.This is the process of taking in the nitrogen compounds from the soil with the help
of their roots, which are available in the form of ammonia, nitrite ions, nitrate ions or
ammonium ions and are used in the formation of the plant and animal proteins.
16. These relate physical, or nonliving, factors that shape the ecosystem.
17. They play a very important role in the ecosystem because they recycle nutrients.
18. These use sources of heat such as solar radiation (direct and indirect) and
conduction to help adjust their body temperature
It is necessary for photosynthesis which, in turn , is the source of energy in almost of
all the ecosystems.
19. The energy remaining after respiration & stored organic matter.
20. They remain dormant, resisting drought and heat, until the following spring,
sometimes 2 or 3 springs when they repeat the cycle, germinating after winter rains to
bloom again in the spring
21. Examples of this are the mushrooms, mold and yeast.
22. This show better growth in the presence of oxygen but will also grow without it.
23. These are microorganisms which can live up to 80 degree Celsius above.
24. This is the stage where the dead body swell because of gas accumulation.
25. This is carried out by plants (with chlorophyll). The rate is influenced by light
intensity, temperature, and availability of water.