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Biology Olympiad Bingo
(a.k.a BOB)
Ecology Chapters
A type of interspecific interaction
that benefits one species out of
the two
Shallow, well-lit waters close to
shore in a lake
Affected by when reproduction begins, how
often the organism reproduces, and how
many offspring are reproduced each time
A demographic transition does not affect the
fact that a population is at
The ________period is a limited
phase in an individual animal’s
development when learning of
particular behaviors can take
place.
When insects lay eggs in the
body of a living host, and the
larvae kill the host. –
A type of coloration that occurs
mostly in species that are
poisonous
Uniform dispersion usually results from?
Mosquitoes, aphids, and ticks are
this type of parasite.
This group of organisms lives in the same area
This is a type of mimicry that
harmless animals display in order
to appear dangerous or
poisonous.
An example of this kind of dispersion is
wolves living in packs
A lake that is deep, low in
nutrients, oxygen-rich, and clear
Windblown seeds may result in this kind of
dispersion
When specialized predators live
on or in a host, seldom killing the
host
The process in which bacteria in
root nodules convert nitrogen gas
to ammonia-
This means birthrate
In an experiment, the number of
eggs in a bird’s clutch is
increased by manually adding
eggs. When this happens, next
year’s clutch size ________
Show the number of living individuals at each
age
Members of these are followed throughout life
to construct life tables
________ happens to goslings
when they first come out of their
egg. The first thing they see is
what they bond with, whether or
not it is their mother.
The human population currently
shows this type of population
growth
Primary succession differs from
secondary succession because
there is no ____ in the beginning
Well-lit waters far from shore in a
lake-
Humans generally represent this kind of
survivorship curve
ATP, bones and teeth,
phospholipids, and nucleic acids
have this in common-
Two species with similar needs
for the same limiting resources
cannot coexist in the same place-
This describes a mode of reproduction in
which an organism produces a lot of
offspring, then dies
In this survivorship curve, many organisms
are born, but many die quickly
In stable areas where offspring usually
survive, this kind of reproduction is
favored
Relationships that involve a
single male and many females-
Learning to associate an arbitrary
stimulus with a reward or
punishment-
This type of population growth
accounts for limiting factors
Zero population growth (ZPG) occurs when
birth rate equals
Learning to associate one of its
own behaviors with a reward or
stimulus-
The maximum number of individuals an
environment can support is called its
Ecological _________ is a
transition in species composition
over time. This is most noticeable
when a flood or fire occurs –
Change in activity rate in
response to a stimulus-
Populations at or near carrying capacity
exhibit this kind of selection
An area covered with water that
supports aquatic plants
An exponential curve is indicative of this kind
of selection
A lake that is shallow, high in
nutrients, oxygen-poor, and
murky-
Chemical signals that animals
emit to communicate-
In this kind of population, birth and death
rates are relatively constant with respect to
the number of individuals
The process of substantial but
reversible changes that shift and
organism’s tolerance curve in the
direction of the environmental
change-
In density-dependent populations, as the
population density rises, the death rate
Time and resources an individual
must expend to produce
offspring-
Bacteria living on an agar plate are
representative of this kind of population
regulation
In an experiment, the birthrate of
female seed beetles is
manipulated by denying them
access to males. When this
happens, the birthrate decreases
and the longevity of the female
beetles _________
The mutual influence on the
evolution of two different species
interacting with each other and
reciprocally influencing each
other’s adaptations-
Groups of linked populations are called
The population of a hare rises as the lynx
population in the area decreases. This is an
example of a
Clumped, uniform, and random
are all different types of
________
Tapeworms, pinworms, and
malaria are this type of parasite.
How much land and water a nation needs to
produce its resources and get rid of its
wastes
Net primary production equals
gross primary production minus
this-
An area where a freshwater
stream or river merges with the
ocean
How much land and water is available to a
nation to produce its resources and get rid
of its wastes
Automatic, oriented movement
towards or away from a stimulus-
Mosquitoes, aphids, and ticks are
this type of parasite.
Carbon dioxide levels are highest
when?-
Reflects expected standard of living
Each organism has a limited
amount of energy that can be
allocated for obtaining nutrients,
escaping from predators,
maintaining homeostasis, growth,
and reproduction-
The independent development of
similarity between species as a
result of their having similar
ecological roles and selection
pressures
Standing crop biomass (mg/m2) /
Productivity (mg/m2/day) equals
this-
This is the maximum theoretical possible rate
of increase in population
Automatic, oriented movement
towards or away from a stimulus
Logistic growth can be represented by what
kind of curve?
The process in which bacteria
convert nitrate into nitrogen gas
A type of coloration in species
that don’t want to be noticed by
predators.
High density populations encourage the
spread of
Relationships that involves a
single female and many males
(this is rare)-
In the ocean, water and carbon
dioxide react with this in a
complicated underwater carbon
cycle-
Squirrels represent this kind of survivorship
curve
The age at first reproduction is
selected evolutionarily to balance
personal _____ and number of
offspring-
Increased concentrations of
toxins in successive trophic
levels of a food web caused by
eating toxins concentrated in the
tissues of lower level organisms-
Follows the reproductive output of a group of
individuals of the same age
This is the type of mimicry that is
exhibited by two poisonous or
dangerous species. This way,
predators learn to avoid them
more quickly.
This method helps scientists determine the
number of individuals in a population
The process in which ammonium
is converted to nitrate
The process involving fertilizer
causing an overgrowth of algae
which subsequently dies and gets
digested by decomposing bacteria
that use up all the oxygen in the
lake-
This type of ecological niche
accommodates for intraspecific
competition.
This is a type of predation which
almost always involves green
things.
This method helps scientists determine the
number of individuals in a population
Another name for primary
consumers-
This is when a species produces
less offspring at a time and
instead invests energy into
surviving until the next time they
reproduce. The opposite of this is
demonstrated by some species of
salmon that only reproduce once
and then die –
In symbiosis, one species is a
host and the other is a
___________