Charastics Of Life + Ecology Flashcards

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What is the difference between a POPULATION and a COMMUNITY?

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A BLANK is a group of the SAME ANIMALS living at the SAME PLACE, a BLANK CONSISTS of living things that INTERACT W/ NON-LIVING THINGS

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What is the relationship between A TROPIC LEVEL and a FOOD CHAIN?

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A BLANK is the PATH of ENERGY that goes through the BLANK of an ECOSYSTEM.

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What ORGANISMS are the 1st TROPIC LEVEL of the ecosystem?

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Secondary consumers

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What is SYMBIOSIS

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Organisms of DIFFERENT SPICES living TOGETHER in a close ASSOCIATION where ONE ORGANISM benefits off the association

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What is MUTUALISM

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A SYMBIOTIC relationship where BOTH ORGANISMS benefit.

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What is COMMENSALISM

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TWO ORGANISMS from TWO DIFFERENT species in a relationship where only ONE BENEFITS and the other IS NOT AFFECTED.

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What is PARASITE

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The ORGANISM that is BENEFITED from during the process of PARASITISM.

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What is HOST

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The ORGANISM that is NOT BENEFITED from during the process of PARASITISM.

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Levels of ORGANIZATION from LARGEST to SMALLEST.

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  1. BIOSPHERE
  2. BIOME
  3. ECOSYSTEM
  4. COMMUNITY
  5. POPULATION
  6. ORGANISM
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What are the 3 LARGEST level of ORGANIZATION

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  1. ) BIOSPHERE
  2. ) BIOME
  3. )ECOSYSTEM
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What are the 3 SMALLEST level of ORGANIZATION

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  1. ) COMMUNITY
  2. ) POPULATION
  3. ) ORGANISM
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What are the 4 MAIN PROCESS CARBON is moved through the CARBON CYCLE

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  1. ) a. Biological processes
  2. ) b. Geochemical processes
  3. ) c. Burial and decomposition of dead organisms
  4. ) d.Human activities
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What is the BIOLOGICAL PROCESS

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Examples; of like in photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition, is take up and release carbon and oxygen

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What is the GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS

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Process of erosion and volcanic activity THAT IS released carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

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WHAT is the process of BRUIAL+ DECOMPOSITION of dead organisms

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Dead organisms and their conversion when under pressure that turn into coal and petroleum, (fossil fuels) that store carbon underground.

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What is the process of HUMAN activities, that contribute to the CARBON CYCLE

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Examples; mining, cutting and burning forests, and burning fossil fuels ALL release CARBON DIOXIDE into the ATMOSPHERE.

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What process under goes when a NITRATE is turned into a GASOUS NITROGEN FORM and why is it IMPORTANT

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Denitrifying bacteria turn nitrite back into nitrogen gas to circulate in our atmosphere. IMPORTANCE of this process is that NITROGEN (most abundant gas) is RELEASED back into the ATMOSPHERE by NITROGEN- FIXING BACTERIA .

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What are the (5) types of HETEROTROPHS

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  1. ) Herbivores
  2. ) Carnivores
  3. ) Omnivore
  4. ) Detritivore
  5. ) Decomposers
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Why is NITROGEN essential to LIVING ORGANISM.

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BLANK is the BUILDING BLOCK of LIFE. Protein + amino acid is developed, also BLANK is found in DNA.

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What does a pyramid of energy show

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Unusable energy that decrees with each higher feeding level.

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What % of the CONSUMER LEVEL nutrients are used to make NEW BODY TISSUE

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10% of the nutrients.

22
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What CONTROLS the PRIMARY PRODUCER of a ECOSYSTEM

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The AMOUNT of AVAILABLE nutrients, that the producer receives.

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How does an INFLUX occur in ALGAE in a AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM

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When MORE NUTRIENTS are available then NEEDED in the WATER, therefore PRODUCERS INCREASE, creating more ALGAE then needed.

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Why are ALGAL BLOOM (dangerous) to an AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM

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