Bio: Ecology Test Flashcards
Ecology is the study of…
relationships between living organisms
abiotic
non living
biotic
living
what separates ecosystems from community?
abiotic factors
in a food web, the energy ingested by the organism is lost by…
energy
autotroph=
producer
heterotroph=
consumer
producers are…
organisms that create + supply food
consumers
eat living organisms for energy
what do arrows in a food web represent
energy
where does all of the energy in a food web come from?
the sun
predator/prey
(+/-)
competition
(+/-)
mutualism
(+/+)
commemsalism
(+/0)
parasitism
(+/-)
evaporation
goes into air
transpiration
comes from trees
condensation
comes from atmosphere
precipitation
falls from atmosphere
runoff
run down land like a stream usually into water source
infiltration
seeps into ground
what are three major areas where carbon is stored
sediment, ocean, atmosphere
how can carbon move from biotic to biotic
consumption