Chapter 3 Flashcards
1
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What is the most complex out of all organizations
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- the biosphere
2
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what is a biosphere
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- all biomes on Earth
3
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What is a biome
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- a large geographical region of climate with particular biotic and abiotic factors
4
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What is an ecosystem
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- community of populations
- consists of a community of populations in a given area and the abiotic factors that surround and affect it
5
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what is a community
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- all populations in a habitat
6
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what is a population
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- all individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time
7
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What is an individual
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- organism of a single species
8
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what are species
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- organisms that are able to breed with one another and produce fertile offspring
9
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what are ecologists
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- scientist who study the interactions of organisms with one another and their environment
-ex) individuals, populations, community systems
10
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what are individual ecologists
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- studies how abiotic factors affect the behaviours and physical features of an organism
11
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What are population ecologists
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- studies why a population changes over time
- rate of population change
- factors that determine the number of males and females in a population
12
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What are community ecologists
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- how different populations / species interact with one another
- how abiotic factors effect how many species live in a community
-why some communities are more diverse than others- competition between the individuals of the same species and/or between other species
13
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communities are ___
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- dynamic
14
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From smallest to biggest organize the organization of the biosphere
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- species / individual organisms
- population
- community
- ecosystem
- biome
- biosphere
15
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What is taxonomy
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- all living things are organized unto different groups based on their physical characteristics