3. Ecology & Biodiversity Flashcards
true of false?
Ecology is a branch of science, including human science, population, community, ecosystem, and Biosphere.
True
________ are living factors of an ecosystem. A few examples of biotic components include bacteria, animals, birds, fungi, plants, etc.
Biotic components
________ are non-living chemical and physical factors of an ecosystem; These components could be acquired from the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
Abiotic Components
What are the 5 types of ecology?
- Molecular Ecology
- Organismal Ecology
- Population Ecology
- Community Ecology
- Ecosystem Ecology
True or false
At the molecular level, the study of ecology focuses on the production of proteins, how those proteins affect the organism and the environment, and how the environment in turn affects the production of various proteins.
True
True or false according to human ecology
Some ecologists studies humans, their effect on each other and other organisms, and their effects on the environment.
True
The process of converting inorganic energy, such as sunlight, into biological energy, usually glucose.
Primary Production
A role or position that a creature can rule within an ecosystem.
Niche
The process through which different elements pass from organism to organism, and are used in different ways or returned to the environment.
Nutrient cycling
The sum of all ecosystems on the planet, acting as one ecosystem.
Biosphere
What type of ecology is this?
it deals with interactions among Earth’s ecosystem, land, atmosphere, and oceans. it helps to understand the large-scale interactions and their influence on the planet
Global Ecology
what type pf ecology is this?
it deals with the exchange of energy, materials, organisms and other products of ecosystems.
Landscape ecology throws light on the role of human impacts on the landscape structures and functions.
Landscape Ecology
what type of ecology is this?
It deals with the entire ecosystem, including the study of living and non-living components and their relationship with the environment. This science researches how ecosystems work, their interactions, etc.
Ecosystem Ecology
what type of ecology is this?
It deals with how community structure is modified by interactions among living organisms. Ecology community is made up of two or more populations of different species living in a particular geographic area.
Community Ecology
what type of ecology is this?
It deals with factors that alter and impact the genetic composition and the size of the population of organisms. Ecologists are interested in fluctuations in the size of a population, the growth of a population and any other interactions with the population.
Population Ecology
