a. ecosystems Flashcards
1
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ecosystem
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a community of plants and animals living together in an environment that depend on one another for resources (interdependent)
2
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community
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different organisms that live in a particular area
3
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population
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a group of the same species living in a particular area
4
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habitat
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an area in which an organism or population lives
5
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abundance
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a measure of how common something is in an area (e.g. population)
6
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quadrat
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- an area that is divided into equally sized squares, with each square being one quadrant
- can be used to measure population
6
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population formula
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total no. of organisms X total size/ total area of quadrat
7
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food web structure
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producers start at the bottom, then primary consumers (herbivores), secondary consumers, tertiary consumers and apex predator
