Do you remember the full name of this molecule?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What is population distribution?
refers to how individuals in a population are spaced out.
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support.
Competition, parasitism and disease, stress from overcrowding, predation and herbivory are examples of
density dependent factors.
Nitrogenous base found only in RNA
Uracil
What is an ecological footprint?
the total area of healthy land and water ecosystems needed to provide the resources you use and to absorb the wastes that individual or population generates.
Define emigration
when individuals move away from a population.
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Define population density
refers to the number of individuals per unit area.
Hurricanes, droughts, floods, wildfires are considered to be ___________
Density-Independent Factors
In molecular biology Translation means:_______
The process of synthesizing proteins from mRNA, tRNA and rRNA
Your team earned 5 points
5 points
What is transcription?
The process of copying genetic information from DNA to RNA
If Cyrus wants to describe a population properly what are the 5 factors he should describe ?
geographic range, age structure, growth rate, density and distribution .
molecule that carries genetic information from the one gene of DNA to the ribosome
mRNA
RNA molecule involved in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes
rRNA
Under ideal conditions with unlimited resources a population will_________
a population will grow exponentially.
What is a Nucleotide ?
Basic building block of nucleic acids
Rock-paper-scissors challenge, each team chooses a representative: if the opposing team wins, no points are awarded.
Characterized by an S-shaped growth curve this type of population growth occurs in environments where resources are limited
logistic growth.