Ecology

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The study of living things and how they interact with their environment

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Ecology

Question 2

What are the levels of ecological organization?

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Organism -> Population -> Community -> Ecosystem -> Biome -> Biosphere

Question 3

All living things

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Biotic factors

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the number and variety of species within an ecosystem

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Species diversity

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non-living things

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Abiotic factors

Question 6

sun provides energy

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radiation

Question 7

radiation warms the Earth’s surface

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temperature

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presence of gases – O2,
CO2, N2 and water vapor

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atmosphere

Question 9

caused by the differences in
temperature and rainfall, disperses pollen and seeds; produces water current

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wind

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required for all of life

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water

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quality of soil in an area
influences the kinds of plants that grow
there.)

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soil

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temperature, sunlight,
atmosphere/precipitation are important
components of a climate

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climate

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ability of the ecosystem to support
organisms

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Carrying capacity

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anything that limits the survival of organism

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Limiting factor

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range of values that is needed for
organism survival

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Tolerance range

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ideal range

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Optimum range

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movement of animals into an ecosystem

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Immigration

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movement of animals out of ecosystem

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Emigration

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ability to withstand and recover from changes

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Stability

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make their own food

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Autotrophs (producers)

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Two types of autotrophs

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Photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs

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unable to make their own food

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Heterotrophs (consumers)

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heterotrophs who eat plants

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herbivores

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heterotrophs who eat meat

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carnivores

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heterotrophs who eat both plants and meat

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omnivores

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breaks down organic material

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decomposers (saprophytes)

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feed on detritus, dead organic materials

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detritivores

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single pathway transfer of energy

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food chain

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classification which describes its feeding
relationship to another organism

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trophic level

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Interrelated pathway transfer of energy

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food web

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Shows the number of
organism at each
trophic level, upright

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number pyramid

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shows the total biomass
per trophic level; upright in land, except in ocean

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biomass pyramid

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Biomass

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living matter per
unit area

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shows energy transfer from
one trophic level to the
next; upright

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energy pyramid

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classified by whether
they help, harm, or
have no effect on the
species involved

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community interactions

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both benefit (+,+)

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mutualism

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parasite benefits ; host is harmed (+,-)

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parasitism

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one organism benefits ; other unharmed (+,0)

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commensalism

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predator eats the prey ; Prey is being eaten (+,-)

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predation

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organisms compete for limited resources (-,-)

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competition

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animal feeds on plants without killing it (+,-)

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herbivory

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one organism inhibit the growth of another organism

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amensalism

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organism share indirect relationship to another organism

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neutralism