biology 13-14 Flashcards

1
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Define ecology

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The study of interactions among living things.

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2
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list the levels of ecological organization in order from smallest to largest

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Organisms, population, community, ecosystems, bio something.

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3
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  1. Explain the difference between biotic and abiotic factors. Give examples of each.
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Biotic–living factors (bacteria), abiotic–nonliving factors (weather)

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4
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  1. Define biodiversity. Why is it important?
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5
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  1. What is a keystone species?
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An organism that has an unusually large effect on its environment.

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6
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  1. Explain the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs. Give an example
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auto trips, producer (plants) heterotrophs, consumer (eat)

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7
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  1. What is a food chain?
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a sequence that links species by their feeding relationship.

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B. Explain the difference between carnivores and herbivores.

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Carnivores, consuming other animals only. Herbivores, eat only plants. Omnivores, eat both.

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9
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  1. Explain the difference between detritivores and decomposers .
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detritivores, consume dead matter. decomposers, is a type of detritivores that drank down organic matter.

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10
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  1. What is a food web?
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A model that shows the complex network of?

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11
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  1. Describe the water cycle.
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The flow of water from the atmosphere to the surface, to below ground, and then back.

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12
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  1. What 2 processes cycle oxygen through the atmosphere?
A

Photosynthesis and respiration.

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13
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  1. What Organism fixes nitrogen a form we can use?
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Bacteria

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14
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  1. What happens to the amount of energy as you move up the food chain?
A

It decreases 90%.

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15
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  1. What does a pyramid of numbers show?
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The number of individuals and in atropic level.

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16
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  1. Explain the difference between niche and habitat.
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Habitat, environment where an organism lives. Niche, how an organism lives

17
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  1. What does the competitive exclusion principle state?
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if the two organisms compete for the same limited resources one will be pushed out made extinct.

18
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  1. What are ecological equivalents?
A

to organisms that live in similar habitats far away from each other.

19
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  1. Define competition.
A

Two organisms fight for a limited resource.

20
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  1. Explain the difference between intraspecific competition and interspecific competition.
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Intraspecific, two of the same species compete. Interspecific, to use different species compete.

21
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  1. Define predation.
A

An organism captures or eats another organism.

22
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  1. Define symbiosis.
A

A close relationship between two or more different organisms.

23
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  1. What are the 3 types of symbiosis? Explain each.
A

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24
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  1. How do you calculate population density?
A

number of individuals/area square

25
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  1. Describe the 3 dispersion patterns and what causes each.
A

uniform, evenly distributed. Clumped,? Of animals. Random, no order, no specific place.

26
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  1. Describe the 3 types of survivorship curves.
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27
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  1. Explain the difference between immigration and emigration.
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Immigration, movement into an environment. Emigration, out of an environment.

28
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  1. Explain the difference between logistic growth and exponential growth. Draw a graph for each.
A

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29
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  1. What is carrying capacity?
A

Number of individuals environment can support.

30
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  1. What is a limiting factor?
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Factor that limits population growth.

31
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  1. Explain the difference between density-dependent limiting factors and density-independent limiting factors. Give 2 examples of each.
A

Density dependent.
A density dependent factor is a limiting factor that depends on population size. A Density-independent limiting factor affects all populations in similar ways, regardless of the population size.

32
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  1. What is succession?
A

Sequence of biotic changes that regenerate a damaged community in a previously uninhabited area.

33
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  1. Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession.
A

Primary succession begins in areas where no soil is present.
Secondary succession occurs in areas where there is soil already present.