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Ecology Flashcards

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Levels of Organisation

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Macromulecules: organelles
Oraganelles together: cell
Cells of the same type: tissue
Different tissues together: organs
When we put different organs together we get an organism

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Several organisms of the same species

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Population

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Several different populations in the same area

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Community

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Several communities in the same area, interact with different non-living factors (water, air, soil)

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Ecosystem

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A large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups that are adapted to a particular environment.

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Biome

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Ecosystems are made of (biotic) living and (abiotic) non-living factors. Examples

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Biotic: Availability of mates, numbers of predators and parasites
Abiotic: (Physical surroundings), rainfall, tempeature

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Biosphere

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All parts of Earth where organisms live as a whole

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What’s a habitat

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A particular place where a population of living things lives

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Features of habitats

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Water, shelter, food, mates, clean air, warmth, light and safety

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Producers

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Synthesise nutrients using sunlight

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Consumers

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an organism that gets energy from other consumers or producers. Animals

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Herbivores

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eats non-living organisms. first-order consumer

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Carnivores

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eats living organisms animals or meats. Predators: catch and kill live animals. Scavengers: preys on already dead animals. Second,third of fourth level consumers.

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Omnivores

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Eats both animals (meat) and plants. second third fourth order consumers

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Decomposer

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Breaks down dead matter (organic compounds) into inorganic compounds, recycling nutrients into the soil for producers.

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Food Chains

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Needs arrows shows the flow of energy, shows what was eaten and by the flow of energy along the chain

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Energy flows from

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Producers to herbivores (heterotrophs, consumers). Then to carnivores through organic molecules gained from feeding

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Food Chains vs Webs

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Food chains are too simple and don’t accurately reflect trophic relationships. Webs are better as they show how many species ar connected in many ways.

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Summary of food chains and webs

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All webs/chains start with the sun. Many different organisms have different relationships in an ecosystem. They show the flow of energy.

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Energy Flow

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Energy flows in one direction. From primary producers to primary consumers, the secondary and tertiary consumers. Only 10% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level. 10 percent rule.

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Energy

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Energy can’t be created. It has to be transferred from one organism to another.

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Non-Symbiotic Relationships

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Short-term relationships between 2 organisms. Spontaneous relationships. Example Predator-Prey and Competiton

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Predator-Prey

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Predator: catches live prey for food.
Prey: the animal that is animal that is captured killed and consumed by another animal

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Competition

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Organisms fight over resources needed for survival.

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Competition in plants

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Plants usually are in competition for, water, sunlight and nutrients from the soil (all needed for photosynthesis). Trees grow taller and taller to compete for sunlight. Tree roots are spreading for more access to nutrients and water in the soil and to ward off other trees from their territory.

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Competition in animals

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Animals are usually in competition for food, mates and territory.

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Symbiosis

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Organisms in a close relationship where at least one organism benefits.

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Commensalism (+0)

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One organism benefits as another remains unaffected. Ferns, moss and orchids grow on large trees allowing access to sunlight and rainwater

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Parasitism (+ -)

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One organism benefits while the other is harmed. Parasites live on or in their host, Example: tics on a dog

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Mutualism (++)

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2 different types of organisms benefit. Flower and bee.

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Niche

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The location and role an organism has in its habitat. The ecological niche of a sunflower growing in the backyard includes absorbing light, water and nutrients (for photosynthesis), providing shelter and food for other organisms (e.g. bees, ants, etc.), and giving off oxygen into the atmosphere.

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Bioaccumulation

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A process of accumulation of chemicals in animals. This takes place if the chemicals are absorbed faster than they are excreted.

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Biomagnification

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Biomagnification: contaminant concentrations increase in the tissue of higher species of the food chain. They are magnified ain the tissue and organs of larger animals as contaminated smaller animals are eaten.

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Photosynthesis

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6C02 + 6H2O– C6H12O6+6O2

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Carbon Cycle

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Continual exchange and movement of carbon through the atmosphere, ocean, land and organisms

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1st step of the Carbon Cycle. Atmospheric

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Found in the form of CO2 and CH4 (methane). Absorbed by oceans and used in plants for photosynthesis.

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2nd step of the Carbon Cycle. Photosynthesis

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Plants use carbon and sunlight to convert glucose. Carbon becomes part of the structure of the plant. 6CO2+6H2O— C6H12O6+6O2

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3rd Step in Carbon Cycle. Consumption by Organism

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Animals and humans eat plants and release CO2 into the atmosphere through cellular respiration C6H12O6+6CO2– 6CO2+ 6H2O

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4th Carbon Cycle. Decomposition.

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Organisms die, and carbon returns to the soil- forming fossil fuels after thousands of years.

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5th Step of Carbon Cycle

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Burning Wood and fossil fuels releases carbon back into the atmosphere.

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Cellular Respiration

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  1. Glycosis
    Occurs in the cytoplasm
    Broken down in the pyruvate
    Produces 2 ATP Molecules
    C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
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Aerobic Respiration

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  1. Aerobic Respiration
    Occurs in the mitochondria when oxygen is available. Produces 34 ATP molecules.
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Anaerobic

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When oxygen lacks energy. Produced Lactic Acid. Generates less energy than aerobic respiration

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Fossil Fuels

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Hydro-based carbon based materials formed after millions of years from decomposed organisms

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Oil

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Formed from metahne. Marine micro-organisms trapped in rock. Drilling. oil trapped between small rock and sediment, forming after a long time.

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Coal

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Compacted decayed land vegetation. Deposits become coal when layers are heated and compacted.

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Natural Gas

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Composed of methane. marine micro-organisms deposited on the sea floor, trapping oil in rock and sediment. Formed from drilling. Conventional: easy to extract
Unconventional: Too hard to get through and needs fracking.

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