Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

the study of interactions between organisms and their environment

Question 2

Biotic Factors

Answer 2

all living organisms inhabiting earth

Question 3

Abiotic Factors

Answer 3

non living parts of the environment

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

multiple interacting populations living in the same area

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

communities of organisms living in a similar place in addition of abiotic factors in the enviroments

Question 6

Biome

Answer 6

a group of ecosystems with similar climate and communities

Question 7

Biosphere

Answer 7

the largest level or organization.
Including life, water, land, and air

Question 8

Sunlight

Answer 8

the energy source of all life on earth

Question 9

Autotroph

Answer 9

organisms that produce their own food
Common Name: Producers

Question 10

Heterotroph

Answer 10

organisms that can’t produce their own food
Common Name: Consumer

Question 11

Scavengers

Answer 11

organisms that feed on dead animals

Question 12

Detritivores

Answer 12

small organisms that cycle matter back into the ecosystem
Common Name: Decomposers

Question 13

Types of Prey Relationships

Answer 13

1. Predator
   - Predator eats Pray

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Types of Symbiosis

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1. Commensalism
2. Mutualism
3. Parasitism

Question 15

Commensalism

Answer 15

helps 1 species and has no effect on other

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Mutualism

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benefits both species

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Parasitism

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1 species benefits feeding on another, harming without killing it

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Food Chain

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a linear feeding relationship

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Food Web

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a complex, non-linear feeding relationship including multiple chains

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Trophic Level

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feeding levels in a food chain/web

Question 21

Energy

Answer 21

• one way flow!!!
• flows throughout food chains/webs

Question 22

What is Important about food chains/webs?

Answer 22

the arrow always points to the organism doing the eating because they are obtaining the energy

Question 23

True or False: Energy DOES NOT gets cycled back into the beginning. it dissipates into the atmosphere

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Energy transfer is _______

Answer 24

inefficient

Question 25

% of Energy that is LOST at each trophic level

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90%

Question 26

Energy that is lost is…

Answer 26

1. Used for bodily needs
2. Stored as bone of hair

Question 27

Examples of Bodily Needs that Needs Lost Energy

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Digestion
Heart rate
etc

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How is lost energy stored as bone of hair

Answer 28

it dissipates into the atmosphere as heat during energy transfer

Question 29

% of energy that gets PASSED onto the next Trophic Level

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10%

Question 30

Biomass

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organic material that is transferred when plants and animals are consumed

Question 31

With less energy, there will be

Answer 31

less Induviduals

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Biogeochemical Cycles

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the cycling of matter through biotic and abiotic compartments of earth

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Biotic compartments

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biosphere

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Abiotic compartments

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lithosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere

Question 35

Is biomass cycled

Answer 35

YES!
energy flows, biomass is cycled

Question 36

Pollutants

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natural or man-made substances released into soil, air or water greater than natural amounts

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Acid Rain

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wet acid deposits combined with H2O

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Bioaccumulation

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Build up pollutants in tissues or organisms

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Biological Magnification

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chemicals increase as pollutants move up the food chain

Question 40

DDT pesticide

Answer 40

leds to extinction to osprey