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2. Ecology Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the organism at the top of the food chain

A

Top consumer

Tertiary consumer

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2
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Why are pyramids limited to 3/4 levels

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Small energy transfer at each level

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3
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Name four factors influencing size of human pop.

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War
Famine
Contraception
Disease

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4
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What is the primary source of energy

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The sun

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5
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Effects of ozone depletion

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Damage to crops

Increase in skin cancers

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6
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Control ozone depletion

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Reduction in CFCs

Proper disposal of fridges

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7
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Causes of ozone depletion

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CFCs from aerosols

Freon has from fridges

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8
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Role of microorganisms in waste management

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Decompose rubbish in landfills

Treat sewage waste

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9
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Name a problem with waste disposal in agri

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Eutrophication in lakes due to slurry leaking from land
Algae blooms
Use up all oxygen
Fish depleted

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10
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Solution to agri. waste disposal

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Store slurry in leak proof pits

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11
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How fisheries waste is managed

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Waste parts of fish neutralised, pulped and dried

Used as fertiliser or pig feed

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12
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How forestry waste is managed

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Waste products converted to sawdust and MDF

Spread along forest floor to rot and give nutrients to soil

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13
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Ecology

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The study of how living things interact with eachother and their environment

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14
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Biosphere

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The part of Earth containing living organisms

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15
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Habitat

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Where an organism lives

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16
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Ecosystem

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A group of clearly distinguished organisms interacting with eachother as a unit

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17
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Community

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All the different populations living in an area

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18
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Population

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All the members of one species living in an area

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19
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Abiotic

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Non living

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20
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Biotic

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Living

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21
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Edaphic

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Relating to soil

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22
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Producers

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Organisms that carry out photosynthesis

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23
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Flora

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All the plants in an ecosystem

24
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Consumers

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Organisms that take in food from another organism

25
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Fauna

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All the animals in an ecosystem

26
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Decomposers

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Organisms that feed on dead organic matter

27
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Detritus feeders

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Organisms that feed on small pieces of dead organic matter

28
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Food web

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Two or more interlinked food chains

29
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Food chain

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Sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next one in the chain

30
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Trophic level

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Feeding stage in a food chain

31
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Pyramid of numbers

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Represents the no. Of organisms at each level of a food chain

32
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Niche

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Functional role organisms play in their community

33
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Carnivore

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Animal that only feeds on animals

34
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Climatic factors

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Factors relating to long term weather conditions

35
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Conservation

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Wise management of the environment and maintenance of biodiversity

36
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Competition

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A struggle between two or more organisms for a scarce resource

37
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Intra- specific competition

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Between members of the same species

38
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Inter-specific competition

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Between members of different species

39
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Contest competition

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Only one wins the resource

40
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Scramble competition

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All competing individuals get some of the resource

41
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Decomposition

A

Decaying of a dead organism

42
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Denitrification

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Conversion of nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen

43
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Predator

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Organism that catches, kills and eats another organism

44
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Prey

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Organism eaten by predator

45
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Parasitism

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An organism lives in or on another, feeding on it and causing it harm

46
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Symbiosis

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Relationship between different species in which at least one benefits

47
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Pollution

A

Any harmful addition to the environment

48
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Herbivore

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Organ that feeds on plants only

49
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Key

A

Guide to identification of organisms

50
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Nitrification

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Process of converting ammonia into nitrites and nitrites to nitrates

51
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Omnivore

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Orga that eats both plants and animals

52
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Qualitative survey

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Indicates the type of species present or not

53
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Quantitive survey

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Records or estimates the number of a species in a particular ecosystem

54
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Nutrient recycling

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The way in which elements are exchanged between living and non living components of an ecosystem

55
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Nitrogen fixation

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Conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia ammonium or nitrate

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