Ecology Flashcards

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Study of organisms and their interactions with their environment

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Ecology

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Non-living parts, water, soil, liquid, etc.

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Abiotic

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Living parts (organisms)

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Biotic

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Individual within a species ex: wolf

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Organism

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All members of the same species in an area ex: pack of wolves

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Population

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Several populations living and interacting in an area ex: pack of wolves, a moose, forest of trees etc. bwca

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Community

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Community plus abiotic factors ex: all living and non-living in bwca

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Ecosystem

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Many similar ecosystems within large area ex: bwca in northern temperate forest

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Biome

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All biomes of the entire world

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Biosphere

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Process where plants, sun, CO2, H2O make sugar

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Photosynthesis

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Non plants take oxygen and sugar to make CO2 and water and give off heat

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Cell respiration

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Have an effect on the population but is out of the organism control

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Density Independent factor

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Have an effect on the population due to its high density

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Density Dependent factor

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How many there are in a square area. dense or not dense

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Population Density

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How a population of organisms is organized (clumped, random, uniform)

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Population distribution

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