Buffalo Flashcards
Eradication
Completely getting rid of something
Rinderpest
A disease affecting all two hoved animals with a 95% death rate in some areas
Epizootic
A disease that affects animals
Pandemic
A large outbreak of disease
Carrier
A animal that carries on a disease
Immunity
Having either natural strength against the disease (antibodies) or vaccination strength
Biomass
Weight of organisms
10% rule
When consumed, organisms pass on 10% of their biomass
Carnivore
An animal that eats meat
Predator
An animals that hunts another animal
Prey
An animal that is eaten by another animal
Average annual precipitation
The amount of rainfall (yearly)
Climate
The natural factors of the location that animals live in. (weather, heat)
Data trend
The line of best fit relationship in the data
Extrapolate
To predict additional data points based upon existing data
interpolate
To predict data based upon data from each side of it.
causal relationship
Where one data inflences another piece of data
Carrying capacity
The total amount of animals that can live in one area at one time.
Ecosystem
The area in which an animal lives in
Biotic
A living factor influencing something
Abiotic
A non-living factor influencing something
Producer
An organism that produces for others (in the Serengeti this is grass)
Consumer
An animal that gets its energy by eating something else
Herbivore
An animal that eats grass
interspecies competition
Species that compete with eachother
Intraspecies competition
Competition within a species
Migratory
Animals that migrate
Non-migratory
Animals that don’t migrate
Seasonal Rains
Rains that happen at different times yearly
Community
A group of species in a common location
Population
A group of animals of the same species
Serengeti
National Park in east africa
Savanna
Grassland with shrubs and some small trees
Grasslands
Areas with tons of grasses, for grazing
Biodiversity
The amount of different species in a certain area
Landscape
The physical features of a certain area
Various Serengeti animals
Wildebeest, buffalo, lions, zebra, gazelle, cheeta etc