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3.4-5.2 Flashcards

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1
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How matter is passed through the biosphere and used by organisms?

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Biogeochemical Cycles

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Evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation?

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Water Cycle

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3
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Water changed from a liquid to an atmospheric gas?

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Evaporation

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Evaporation of water from plants leaves?

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Transpiration

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Water vapor cools and condenses into water droplets

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Condensation

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Water droplets become large and return to Earth’s system?

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Precipitation

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Water that flows above ground?

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Run off

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Water that flows underground?

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Groundwater

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All of the chemical substances needed for an organism to survive?

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Nutrients

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Carbon is released into atmosphere ➡️ Carbon Dioxide is used for photosynthesis ➡️ Passed along food chain and back into the atmosphere?

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Carbon Cycle

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11
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Plant containing seed pods?

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Legumes

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12
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Converting Nitrogen gas into ammonia?

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Nitrogen Fixation

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NH2? Not usable by plants

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Nitrogen Gas

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14
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NH3? Usable by some plants

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Ammonia

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15
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NO3-? More usable for plants

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Nitrates

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16
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NO2-? More usable to plants

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Nitrites

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Nitrogen turns to nitrogen gas and is returned to the atmosphere?

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Denitrification

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18
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Taken up by soil or water and bound into organic compounds?

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Phosphorus Cycle

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19
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PO43-?

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Phosphates

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20
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Collection of all organisms that live in a particular place, together with their non living environment?

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Ecosystem

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21
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Living parts of the ecosystem?

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Biotic Factors

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22
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All the nonliving parts of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic Factors

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The role an organism plays in a habitat? (Its job)

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Niche

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Ability of a species to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental conditions?

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Tolerance

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Where an organism lives?

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Habitat

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Any necessity of life?(i.e. food, water, shelter)

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Resource

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Two organisms try to use the same resource at the same time?

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Competition

28
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Competition between members of the same species?

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Intraspecific Competition

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Competition between members of different species?

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Interspecific Competition

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No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time?

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Competitive Exclusion Principle

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One animal captures and feeds on another animal?

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Predation

32
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Animal that captures and feeds off of prey?

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Predator

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Animal that is captured by a predator and eaten?

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Prey

34
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One animal feeds off of a producer?

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Herbivory

35
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Can effect the population of an ecosystem greatly?

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Keystone species

36
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Close, long term relationship between two species, on which at least one of the organisms benefits?

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Symbiosis

37
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Both organisms benefit from the symbiosis?

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Mutualism

38
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One organism benefits from the symbiosis, and the other one isn’t affected?

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Commensalism

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One organism benefits from symbiosis, and the other is harmed?

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Parasitism

40
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Organism which provides the other organism with nutrients?

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Host

41
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Predictable changes that occur in a community over time?

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Ecological Succession

42
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Occurs where there is no soil exists and there is not existing community?

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Primary Succession

43
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First species to populate an area during primary succession?

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Pioneer Species

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Disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil?

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Secondary Succession

45
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Uniform community that is the result of primary and secondary succession?

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Climax Community

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Area where a population can be found?

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Geographic Range

47
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Number of individuals per unit area?

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Population Density

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Rate of how the population of an area changes over time?

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Growth rate

49
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Number of males and females on a given area?

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Age structure

50
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How the population of an area grows?

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Population Growth

51
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The movement of individuals to an area?

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Immigration

52
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The leaving of individuals out of an area?

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Emigration

53
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Number of individuals born to a population in a year?

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Birth Rate

54
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Number of deaths in a population in a year?

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Death rate

55
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Individuals in a population reproduce at a fast rate?

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Exponential Growth

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