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1
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Steady state is reached when…

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Number of organisms in a population is just less than the carrying capacity

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Abiotic factors that effect populations

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  • light
  • temp
  • chemical environment
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Biotic factors that affect the population

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  • food
  • number of predators
  • diseases
  • ability to compete
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Biotic potential

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Max number of offsprings that a species could produce if resources were unlimited

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4 important factors of biotic potential

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  • birth potential
  • capacity for survival
  • procreation
  • length of reproduction life
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6
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Formula for growth rate

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births-deaths+immigration -emigration

Divided by initial population size

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Density dependant factors

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Those that have an increase or decrease depending on the number of organisms in an area

Ex: predation, disease, food

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Density independent factors

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Those that affect the population regardless of the population density

Ex: climate, human intervention, natural disasters

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Population size changes due to:

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Natality (births)
Mortality (deaths)
Immigration (move INTO a population)
Emigration (move OUT of population)

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Bio accumulation

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Some pesticides are insoluble in water. These toxins cannot be released from the body in sweat or urine. Toxins build up in fatty tissue.

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Bio amplification

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Pesticides in organisms in the lower food chain pass their toxins to their consumers

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Types of pesticides

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Herbicide
Insecticides
Fungicides

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13
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Pesticides are useful because…

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  • Prevent damage to crops
  • top spread of disease
  • prevent disintegration of products
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14
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Biosphere

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Where life exists

- biomes create biosphere

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Organic substances

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Always contain atoms of carbon and hydrogen

Occasionally oxygen and nitrogen

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Water cycle

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Transpiration -water vapour from trees

Evaporation-water vapour from bodies of water

Respiration- water vapour from breathing

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Carbon cycle

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  • plants use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis
  • cellular respiration releases carbon dioxide back in to environment
  • decomposition
  • fuel burning
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18
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Reservoirs for inorganic carbon

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Atmosphere

Ocean- co2 reacts with sea water to form carbonates
- combine with calcium to form shells

Earth’s crust - sediments

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Reservoirs for organic carbon

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  • in bodies of living things

- decomposition

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20
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Human impact of carbon

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  • mining
  • burning fossil fuels
  • burning forests
  • clearing vegetation
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21
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Nitrogen cycle

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Nitrogen in atmosphere (N2)

Useful nitrogen is in form of nitrate ion (NO3) called Nitrogen fixation

Absorbed by plants

Decaying plants and animals (ammonia)

Denitrification

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22
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Nitrogen fixation occurs in

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Lightning and bacteria

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23
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Soils are…

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  • Essential in ecosystem
  • part of
    Lithosphere
  • depended by animals and plants
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24
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Soil profile

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Top soil

Sub soil

Bed rock

Water table

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25
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Top soil contains

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Humas

Rocks

Organisms

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26
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Sub soil is

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Compact

Little organic matter

Large rocks

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27
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Bed rock is

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Bottom profile

Solid rock

Water can not pass through

28
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Water table

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Sits on top of bed rock

29
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Types of soil

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Loam

Clay

Sandy soil

30
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What does food do

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Energy

Building material for growth and repair

Material essential for some chemical processes

31
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Cellular respiration equation

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Glucose+Oxygen - Carbon dioxide+Water+Energy

32
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What is Photosynthesis

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Plants take carbon dioxide and water from environment and produce glucose

33
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Photosynthesis word equation

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Carbon dioxide+Water+Light energy -Glucose+Oxygen

34
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Photosynthesis chemical equation

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6CO2+6H2O+Light energy -

C6H12O6 + Oxygen

35
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Photosynthesis takes place in the

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Chloroplast

36
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Parasitism

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2 organisms of different species

One benefits, one is harm

37
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Commensalism

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2 organisms of different species

Neither harmed or benefits

38
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Mutualism

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2 organisms of different species

Both benefits

39
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Invasive species

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Non-native species that cause harm to ecosystem

40
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Extinction

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End result of a species because they failed to adapt to its environment

41
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5 causes of extinction

CHOIP

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Habitat change

Over exploitation

Pollution

Invasive species

Climate change

42
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Respiration

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Process by which molecules such as glucose are broken down to release energy

43
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Cellular respiration chemical equation

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C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6CO + 6H2O

+ energy

44
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Mimicry

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One species looks alike to another species

45
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Niche

A

Interaction of a species with its ecosystem

46
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Habitat

A

Physical environment of an organism

47
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Species

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Group of similar organisms in an Eco system

48
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Decomposers

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Organisms which break down organic matter

49
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Detrivores

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Consumers that feed on organic matter

50
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Parasite

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Organisms that live in/on the host and obtains nutrients from the host

51
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Prey

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Animal being hunted

52
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Predator

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Animals that are hunting

53
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Consumers

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Organisms that eat other organisms to obtain energy

54
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Producers

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Organisms that make their own food from photosynthesis

55
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Biosphere

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Part of the planet where life lives

56
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Biomes

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A large geographical area containing similar organisms

57
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5 major CANADIAN biomes

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Tundra

Deciduous forest

Boreal forest

Coniferous forest

Grassland

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Ecosystem

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A complex system of the interactions between loving and non living things

59
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Community

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Made up of populations of different species, interacting with one another

60
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Population

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A group of the same species in an area

61
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System

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Ways organisms interact with each other

62
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Biodiversity

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Different types of organisms

63
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Sustainability

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Populations of organisms are able to interact and reproduces effectively

64
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Planetary stewardship

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Taking person responsibility for the management of your actions

65
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Environment

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The relationships between living and non living things

66
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Carrying capacity

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Max numbers of individuals of a species that can be supported indefinitely by an ecosystem

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