2019 Mod10 Flashcards
Ecology
The study of interactions between living in nonliving things
Population
A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together
Community
A group of populations living in interacting in the same area
Ecosystem
An association of living organisms and their physical environment
Biome
A group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life
Primary consumer
An organism that eats producers
Secondary consumer
An organism that eats primary consumers
Tertiary consumer
An organism that eat secondary consumers
Ecological pyramid
A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level
Biomass
A measure of the total dry mass of organisms with in a particular region
Transpiration
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
watershed
An ecosystem where all the water runoff drains into a single body of water
Greenhouse effect
The process by which certain gases (printably water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space
When foods or vegetables are imported to the US from a foreign company they are always very close inspected for insects even though the vast majority of insects are not really harmful. Why is the inspection done
Because an invasion of insect could run the band of the ecosystem
Name the participants in the three new symbiotic relationships that will you learned about in this module briefly describe the roles of each participant
The clown fish in the sea anemones
The come fish attracts food for the anemone and the enemies provide protection for the clown fish
Blind shrimp and goby
The blind fish keeps the whole way home clear of debris and the Gobi watches for predators
Oriental sweet lip and the blue-streak wrasse
The oriental sweet lip provide food and the blue-streak wrasse cleaned it’s teeth
