Ecology Flashcards

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Biotic factor

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Living component of an ecosystem

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What are the five levels of organization in ecology?

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Organism
Population-multiple organisms
Community-multiple populations
Ecosystem-multiple communities and abiotic factors
Biosphere- multiple ecosystems
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Abiotic factor

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Non living component of an ecosystem

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Niche

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The specific role or way of life of a species in it’s environment

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Producer

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Capture energy and use it to make organic molecules, photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

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Trophic level

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Indicates the organisms position in a sequence of energy transfers

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Bio geochemical cycles

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Water
Carbon
Nitrogen

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Water cycle

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Precipitation
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
Runoff
Percolation into soil
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Carbon cycle

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Photosynthesis
Respiration
Decomposition
Combustion

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Nitrogen cycle

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Nitrification 
Nitrogen fixation
Denitrification 
Decomposition 
Nitrogen gas
Nitrates
Ammonification
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