Ecology Flashcards

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Ecology

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Scientific study of interactions amount organisms and between organisms and their physical environments

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Biosphere

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Consist all life on earth and all parts of the earth in which life exist

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Species

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Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

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Population

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Group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in same area

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Community

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Assemblage of different populations

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Ecosystems

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All organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environments

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Biome

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Group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

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Biotic factor

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Any living part of the environments with which an organism might interact, including : Animals, plants, mushrooms, and bacteria

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Abiotic factor

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Any nonliving part of the environment, such as sunlight, heat, participation, humidity, wind or water currents

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Autotrophs

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Produce their own food

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Primary producers

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First producers of energy rich compounds that are later used by other organisms

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3 ecological methods

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Observation
Experimentation
Modeling

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Food Chain

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A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and eating

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Phytoplankton

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Mixture of floating algae and photosynthesis

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Food web

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Interconnected relationship between species to show within a environment

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Zooplankton

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Diverse group of small, swimming animals

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Tropic levels

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Each step in a food chain or food web

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Ecological Pyramids

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Shows the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a given food chain or food web.

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Biomass

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The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.

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A pyramid of _______ illustrates the relative amount of living organic _____ avaliable in each tropic level in a __________

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Biomass
Matter
Ecosystems

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_____ the one way flow of _____, matter is recycles within and _____ ecosystems

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Unlike
Energy
Between

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Biogeochemical Cycles

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Elements pass from one organism to another and among parts of the biosphere through closed loops

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Transperation

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When plants sweat