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CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Ecology Flashcards

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INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY

  • Also called bioecology, bionomics, or environmental biology
  • Study of __________ between living organisms and their environment
  • Composed of abiotic (nonliving) and biotic (living) organisms
  • Coined by ______ ______: “_______” - house; “logos” - study

__________– relation of the animal both to its organic as well as its inorganic environment

Ecology is defined as the science of biological systems (biosystems) above the _________ level

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Ecology
relationships/ interactions
Ernst Haeckel
“oikos”
Oekologie
organism

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INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY

It is studied at various levels:

_________ – part of the earth that contains all ecosystems
ex. earth

Ecosystem – community and _________ _________
ex. Hawk, snake, bison, prairie, dog, grass, stream, rocks, air

Community – ________ _____ ______ ______ in a defined area
ex. Hawk, snake, bison, prairie, dog, grass

________ – a group of organisms of one type that live in the same area
ex. Bison herd

________ – an individual living thing
ex. bison

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Biosphere
its nonliving surroundings
populations that live together
Population
Organism

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INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY

The study of Ecology deals with:

  1. _________distribution of an abundance of organisms,
  2. The ________ changes in the occurrence, abundance and activities of an organisms,
  3. The ________ between organisms, communities and populations,
  4. The ___________ ___________ ____ ___________ ___________ of organisms to change in environment,
  5. ________ of an organisms under natural environment
  6. ________ of organisms and ________ to mankind
  7. The development of ________ ________ for predictive purposes
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  1. Spatial
  2. temporal
  3. interrelations
  4. structural adaptation and functional adjustments
  5. Behavior
  6. Productivity ; energy
  7. interactive models
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INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY

The interrelation of organisms and the environment;
1. An organism & its p____________,
2. An organism & its n____________,
3. An organism & its o____________ ,
4. An organism & o___________,
5. A group of organisms & an o___________ and
6. A community to a c___________ (or) due to
a. The effect of environment over an o___________,
b. The effect of environment over a g___________,
c. The change of environment over o___________ and
d. The change of environment over a c__________

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  1. place of living
  2. neighbor
  3. own community
  4. other communities
  5. organism
  6. community
    a. organism
    b. group of organisms
    c. over life
    d. change of environment
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INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY

Principles of Ecology

  1. P____________ ____________ and species’ subdivisions will conserve genetic diversity.
  2. M____________ ____________ is fundamental to conserving species.
  3. L__________ __________ __________ _________ _______ ________ than smaller areas with similar habitat
  4. A________ _________ _________ but the nature and strength of those connections vary.
  5. D____________ ________________ ________________ of populations, communities, and ecosystems.
  6. C____________ ____________ terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.
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  1. Protection of species
  2. Maintaining habitat
  3. large areas usually contain more species
  4. all things are connected
  5. disturbances shape characteristics
  6. climate influences
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Does environmentalists are same from ecologist?

Ecologist deals with __________

Environmentalists focus on the __________.

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basic science, natural phenomenon.
environment, how it should be conserved and how it is being degraded

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  • The accumulation of scientific knowledge has been momentously amplified through the use of _________ ___________.
  • Scientific method is a _________ ___ ________________ ___ __________ leading to the discovery of facts and the relationships that exist between facts.
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scientific method
logical and orderly procedure of investigation

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A system consists of “regularly interacting and interdependent components forming a unified whole”

Systems containing living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components constitute the biosystems.

Biosystems range from _________ systems to ecological systems

_______ - the living and the nonliving components together. A community that functions together with the abiotic components of a biosystem is called an ecological system or ecosystem.

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genetic
Biosystems

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

AMOCTOOOPCEB

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ATOMS
MOLECULES
ORGANELLES
CELLS
TISSUES
ORGANS
ORGAN SYSTEMS
ORGANISMS
POPULATION
COMMUNITY
ECOSYSTEM
BIOSPHERE

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

  • The first level of organization
  • Fundamental unit of matter
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ATOMS

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

Smallest version of an element or compound that still retain its chemical properties

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MOLECULES

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

Third level of organization

Eukaryotic cells, the largest ________; nucleus

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ORGANELLES

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

Fourth level of organization

Fundamental unit of life/ Basic unit of life

Found at the lowest level of the biological organization

English biologist Robert Hooke.

All life processes inside a cell involves transformation of energy and matter

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CELLS

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

a collection of cells with similar structure that perform a similar or even the same task.

4 types of tissues in the human body: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous

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TISSUES

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

The sixth Level of Organization

a collection of tissues that work together to complete a common task.

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ORGANS

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

The Seventh Level of Organization

a collection of organs that serve similar functions

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ORGAN SYSTEMS

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12 Levels of Organization of Living Things

includes all individual beings capable of reproduction, growth, mobility, and response to stimuli. and nervous.

________ are divided into two broad categories: prokaryotes and eukaryotes

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ORGANISMS

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

defined as the total of all of the same species of organisms living in a particular area

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POPULATION

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12 Levels of Organization of Living Things

The Tenth level of Organization

a group of two or more different species interacting in a specific area

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COMMUNITY

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

collection of organisms in a particular area interacting with their environment.

include their interactions with the nonliving parts of their environment, like sunlight, temperature, water, oxygen, and nutrients.

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ECOSYSTEM

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12 levels of Organization of Living Things

a collection of all of the ecosystems on earth.

incorporates all forms of life as well as the elements of the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Lithosphere, and accounts for all of the relationships between them.

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BIOSPHERE

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anything that occupies space and has mass

made up of atoms which are extremely minute particles that contain smaller particles ( protons, neutrons, electrons)

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Matter

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  • substances that consist of one type of atoms.

> 110 elements known

Of the 110 elements, ________ is naturally occurring

Of the — naturally occurring elements, living things are composed of only about _ elements

6 elements of those 26 make up all of the weight of most living things.

Other 20 elements essential for life are present in very small amounts (trace elements) e.g. Fe, I,

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Elements
92
26

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  • Six most abundant elements: CHONPS

H -

O -

C -

N -

P & S combined –

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59%
24%
11%
4%
2%

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Classification of Ecology

A. Based on Area

________ – deals with individual studies of species of organisms and its population. It focuses on the studies of behavior and adaptation of a particular species to the environmental condition every stage of the individual life cycle. It is also called species ecology.

________ – deals with the study of communities, their composition, their behavior and related to their environment. It is also called Ecology of communities.

Divided into 3 types:

  • ________ Ecology
  • ________ Ecology
  • ________ Ecology
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Autecology
Synecology

Population
Community
Ecosystem

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Classification of Ecology

B. Based on the Environment or habitat

Aquatic Ecology – the study of interactions of organisms in water
Marine Water Ecology - Ocean, Sea, and Estuaries
Fresh Water Ecology
_______ (running water) - River, Streams, and Springs
_______ (Standing water) - Ponds and Lakes

Terrestrial Ecology - Grassland, Forest, and Dessert

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Lotic
Lentic

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It is a community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.

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Ecosystems

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ECOSYSTEMS

terrestrial ecosystems that are present in a large geographical area having similar vegetation type.

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biomes

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ECOSYSTEMS

  • the biomes together with the aquatic ecosystems of the world

consists of :

a) outer layer or the earth’s crust

b) bodies of water

c) lower layer of the atmosphere (where the elements of weather and climate are)

These are the three layers of areas where life exists or where factors that influence life happen.

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biosphere

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Functions of the ecosystem are as follows:

  1. It regulates the essential ecological processes, supports life systems and —–
  2. Also responsible for the ——- between biotic and abiotic components
  3. ——- among the various trophic levels in the ecosystem
  4. ——- through the biosphere
  5. Abiotic components help in the ——– that involves the exchange of energy
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renders stability
cycling of nutrients
Maintains balance
Cycles the minerals
synthesis of organic components

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Types of Ecosystems

Natural Ecosystem - these operate under —– without any interference from humans.

——- Ecosystem: Forest, grassland, desert, tundra, etc,

Aquatic Ecosystem: Freshwater ecosystem (Lentic and lotic), Marine Ecosystems.

Artificial Ecosystem – these are maintained artificially by man whereby addition of energy and planned manipulation, —— e.g, cropland ecosystem

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natural conditions
Terrestrial
natural balance is disturbed regularly

Types of Ecosystems: Natural, Terrestrial, Aquatic, Artificial Ecosystem

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Two Major Categories of Ecosystem

—- ecosystems are ecosystems found only in land, these include tropical rainforests, deserts, grasslands, deciduous forests, tundra, and taiga

—– ecosystems are ecosystems found in bodies of water; include lakes, rivers, ponds, wetlands, oceans, and seas

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Terrestrial
Aquatic

Two Major Categories of Ecosystem: Terrestrial and Aquatic

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Components of Ecosystem

2 Living Components of Ecosystems

  1. Autotrophs –
  2. Heterotrophs –

Animals are consumers:
Herbivores - plants
Carnivores - meat/ flesh
Omnivores - both plants, meat/ flesh

Microorganisms can be either:
Saprotrophs
Detritus feeders

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produces
consumers

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Components of Ecosystem

Consist of nonliving chemicals and physical components such as water, air, nutrients in the soil, solar energy, temperature, nutrients, wind, altitude, turbidity, etc

—— can act as LIMITING FACTORS that keep a population at a certain level. (water scarcity, air pollution, changing the temperature to adverse levels, harsh climate, and limited space.)

Types of AF:
- includes rain, temperature, light, wind, etc,.
- include soil, pH, topography, minerals, etc,.

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Abiotic Components
Abiotic factors
Climatic factors
Edaphic factors

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Components of Ecosystem

any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem.

Based on nutrition, biotic components can be categorized into —-, —-, —-

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Biotic Components
autotrophs, heterotrophs and saprotrophs (or decomposers)

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Categories of Biotic Factors

Producers include all autotrophs such as plants. They are called autotrophs as ——. Consequently, all other organisms higher up on the food chain rely on producers for food.

Consumers or heterotrophs are organisms that —–. Consumers are further classified into primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers.

Decomposers include saprophytes such as fungi and bacteria. They directly thrive on the ——. Decomposers are essential for the ecosystem as they help in recycling.

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they can produce food through the process of photosynthesis

depend on other organisms for food

dead and decaying organic matter

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Four Major Areas of Ecology

Physiological ecology - focuses on the —– such as light, temperature, humidity.

Population ecology - concerned on the —- and the factors that cause that distribution.

Community ecology - investigates the — and their interaction.

Ecosystem ecology - studies the structure and function of the entire suite of microbes, flora and fauna and abiotic factors in the environment.

This subcategory explains how the parts interact or generate the whole.

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response of single species to environmental conditions

abundance and distribution of individual species

number of species found at given location

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Energy Flow of organisms in Ecosystem

The chemical energy of food is the main source of energy required by all living organisms. This energy is transmitted to different trophic levels along the food chain.

Energy flow is based on two different laws of thermodynamics:

First law of thermodynamics, that states that energy —–, it can only change from one form to another.

Second law of thermodynamics, that states that as —–

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can neither be created nor destroyed

energy is transferred more and more of it is wasted.

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3 different types of food chains in the ecosystem

Grazing food chain (GFC) – This is the normal food chain that we observe in which plants are the producers and the energy flows from the —- (primary consumers), then to carnivores (secondary consumers) and so on.

Saprophytic or Detritus food chain (DFC) – In this type of food chain, the —- occupies the lowermost level of the food chain, followed by the decomposers and so on.

Parasitic food chain (PFC) – In this type of food chain, large organisms either the —— and therefore the food passes to the smaller organism

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producers to the herbivores

dead organic matter

producer or the consumer is exploited

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ENERGY USERS

  • PRODUCERS -(Plants use light energy to produce food as chemical energy)
  • Primary consumers- Carnivores –feed on —- and get energy from plants.
  • Secondary consumers-feed on —– consumers and get energy form them.
  • Tertiary consumers- feed on —- consumers and get energy.
  • Decomposers- decaying organisms
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herbivores
primary
secondary

GENERAL ECOLOGY LEC (9 decks)

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