Ecology (3.4-4.2-4.3-5.1-5.2) Flashcards
Water changed from a liquid to an atmospheric gas
Evaporation
Evaporation of water from plant leaves
Transpiration
Water vapor cools and condenses into water droplets
Condensation
Water droplets becomes large and return to earths surface
Precipitation
Runs over the surface
Run off
Water under the surface
Ground water
All of the chemical substances an organism needs to live
Nutrients
How matter is passed through the biosphere and used by organisms
Biogeochemical
Plant containing seed pads
Legumes
Some of the nitrogen is converted to N2 and released back to the atmosphere
Dentrification
A collection of all the organisms that live in a particular place together with their non-living environment
Ecosystem
All the living parts of an ecosystem
Biotic factor
All the non-living parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic factor
The ability of a species to survive and reproduce under a range of environment conditions
Tolerance
The area where an organism lives. (Including abiotic and biotic factors)
Habitat
It’s roll an organism plays (it’s job)
Niche
Any necessity of life (water , nutrients , food )
Resource
When two organisms try to use the same resource in the same place at the same time
Competition
Between members of the same species
Intraspecific competition
Between members of a different species
Interspecific competition
Know 2 species can occupy the same niche in the habitat at the same time
Competitive exclusion principle
One animal captures and feeds on another animal
Predation
The one hunting
Predator
The one being hunted
Prey
One animal feeds on a producer (plants)
Herbivory
A population change can cause dramatic change in its environment
Keystone species
A close, long term interaction between. 2 species in which at least one benefits
Symbiosis