Ecology Flashcards
Study of organisms and their interactions with their environment
Ecology
Non-living parts, water, soil, liquid, etc.
Abiotic
Living parts (organisms)
Biotic
Individual within a species ex: wolf
Organism
All members of the same species in an area ex: pack of wolves
Population
Several populations living and interacting in an area ex: pack of wolves, a moose, forest of trees etc. bwca
Community
Community plus abiotic factors ex: all living and non-living in bwca
Ecosystem
Many similar ecosystems within large area ex: bwca in northern temperate forest
Biome
All biomes of the entire world
Biosphere
Process where plants, sun, CO2, H2O make sugar
Photosynthesis
Non plants take oxygen and sugar to make CO2 and water and give off heat
Cell respiration
Have an effect on the population but is out of the organism control
Density Independent factor
Have an effect on the population due to its high density
Density Dependent factor
How many there are in a square area. dense or not dense
Population Density
How a population of organisms is organized (clumped, random, uniform)
Population distribution