Chapter 52 Flashcards

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scales of ecology

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global, landscape, ecosystem, community, population, organismal

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global ecology

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biosphere, sum of the planets ecosystem, examines how the regional exchange of energy and materials influences organisms

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landscape ecology

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the factors controlling exchanges of energy materials and organisms across multiple ecosystems

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ecosystem ecology

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energy glow and chemical cycling between organisms and the environment

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community ecology

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how interactions between sepcies such as predation affect a community

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population ecology

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analyzes factors that affect population size and why it changes

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organismal ecology

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how an organisms structure, physiology, and behavior will react with its environment

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four major abiotic components of climate

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temperature, precipitation, sunlight, wind

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sunlight intensity

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varying light intensity will affect climate, higher latitude-less sunlight

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microclimate

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localized patterns in climatic conditions. ex. casting shade, altering evaporation, changing wind patterns

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rainshadow

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rising air releases moisture on the windward side of a peak and creates a rain shadow as it absorbs moisture on the leeward side. can create a desert on the back side of a mountain range

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Earth’s tilt

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affects solstices,

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tropical forest

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very humid, high temperatures no change for seasons, very nutrient poor soils
plants-broadleaf everygreen, shrubs, succulents,
animals- very camo/poisonous frogs, parrots

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deserts

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very hot or very cold, located near north and south latitude bands, low precipitation, very sandy or gravelly, nutrient poor soil,

plants- adapt to the extreme temps, physical defenses like plants, C4 CAM plants, cacti
animals- noctunural, snakes lizards, scorpians, birds

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savanas

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