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All the living things in one area and the non living environment they interact with is called.

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Ecosystem

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Study of an ecosystem usually focuses on two thing

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Energy flows
Nutrient cycle

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Energy enters the livining system via

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Producers
Sunlight and photosynthesis

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4
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The amount of energy captured from photosynthesis

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Productivity

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Is the amount of energy that makes it into tissues of photosynthesizers

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Net Primary Productivity

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The engergy is passed throught the food chain in different levels called

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Trophic levels
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers

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Trophic level 1

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Producers

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Trophic level 2

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Primary Consumer

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Trophic level 3

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Secondary Consumer

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Trophic level 4

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Tertiary Consumer

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How much energy makes it to the next Trophic level

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10-20%
Limits level of food chain

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12
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4 of the nutrients cycled through ecosystem

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Water
Carbon
Nitrogen
Phosphorus

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13
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Water cycle where is the water found

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Oceans 96%
Ice (ice caps and glaciers)1.5-2%
groundwater 1.5- 2%
surface freshwater 1%
Water vapor 0.001%

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14
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Ways water cycles through the ecosystem

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Precipitation
Evaporation
Changing locations
(Runoff and other movement)
Respirations and Transpiration

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Carbon Cycle transisitons

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Photosynthesis
Respiration
Geological processes
Combustion

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Carbon Pools

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CO2 in air and water
Organic CO2 in living things/decomposing matter
Fossil fuels

17
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Annual weather patterns
temperature
rainfall

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Climate

18
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Latitudes where air rises and cools

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More precipitation

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Latitudes where air sinks and warms

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Less precipitiation

20
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The differnet types of Ecosystems

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Ocean 71%
Freshwater 2%
Terrestrial Biomes 25-30%

21
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Three types of ocean ecosystems

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Shallow water intertidal zones
Open-Sea 40% of photosynthesis
Deep-Sea waters

22
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Types of freshwater ecosystems

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River and Streams
Lakes and Ponds
Wetlands
Swamps & Marsh
Bog & fen

23
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Difference between (Swamps & Marsh) and (Bog &Fen)

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Swamps & Marsh have surface water
Bog & fen have surface vegetation

24
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Difference between Swamp & Marsh

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Swamps have trees
Marsh do not have trees

25
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Difference between Bog & Fen

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Bog saturated soil and acidic
Fen is a wetland and alkaline

26
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Lake and pond zones

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Littoral
Limnetic
Profundal

27
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Diffeence beween Littoral, Limnetic, and Profundal

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Littoral; Shallow water
Limnetic; Open water
Profundal; Below light layer

28
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Ten different Biomes

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Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Monsoon Forest
Savanna (tropical grassland)
Chaparral
Desert
Temperate Grassland (prairies)
Temperate Deciduous Forests
Temperate Rainforest
Taiga
Tundra

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