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What are the 5 basic concepts of economic ecology

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  • diversity
  • interdependency
  • resource and energy cycles
  • nested systems
  • dynamic balance
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What are the levels of organization

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Biosphere 
Biome
Ecosystems 
Community
Population 
Species
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What is the biosphere

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Earth

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What is a biome

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Major regional area made up of distinct plants and animals

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What is an ecosystem

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Smaller area in biome, more complex

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What is a community

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Within ecosystem, group of plants and animals that make up ecosystem

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What is a population

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One species

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What is a species

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Group of organisms that are similar and able to breed together

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How many biogeoclimatic zones are there

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18 in world

13 in BC

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What is a physical adaptation

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Adaptation of body

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What is a behavioural adaptation

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Adaptation with the way an organism acts

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12
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Do individuals evolve

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No, the species does

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13
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Characteristics of tundra

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Temp:-40 to 18
150-160 cm perception
Little to no trees

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Permafrost characteristics

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Little soil
Not much growing
Polar bears ,Arctic foxes

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Boreal forest characteristics

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Temp: -40 to 20

45-65 mm a year precipitation (mainly snow)

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Temperate forest characteristics

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Temp: 5 to 25 
Perception: >200cm
Large evergreens 
4 distinct seasons
Large biodiversity 
Rich soil
Most organisms live on forest floor
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Temperate grassland characteristics

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Temp: -10 to 30
Precipitation: 25 to 200 cm
Flat
Large grassing animals

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Tropical grassland characteristics

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Temp: 7 to 30
Precipitation: 25 cm
Salty soil and few plants
Plants have lots of adaptations

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Tropical rainforest characteristics

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Temp: 20 to 25
Precipitation: 2000 to 10000
 poor soil
Largest biodiversity 
Produces more than 40% of worlds oxygen
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What are biotic factors

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Living components of an ecosystem

21
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What are abiotic factors

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Non living parts of an ecosystem

22
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What is symbiosis

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Relationship between 2 or more organisms

23
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What is commensalism

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One organism is benefited

Other is not harmed

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What is mutualism

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Both organisms benefit

25
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What is parasitism

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One organism is benefited

Other is harmed

26
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What is a niche

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Role of species in an ecosystem

27
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What is competition

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How do the species in an environment interact

28
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What is biodiversity

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Variety of living species

29
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What contribute to the availability of food water and nutrients

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Each ecosystem’s unique biotic and abiotic factors

30
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What do biogeoclimatic zones have

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Biological components
Geological components
Climate components

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What is ecology

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Study of the environment and the relationship between all the components

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What is succession

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Changes that take place over time in a species in an environment

33
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What is biodegradation

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When dead matter is broken down by biological agents

34
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What is a pyramid of numbers

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Shows how much of each species

35
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What is a pyramid of energy

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Shows amount of energy available at each level

36
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What does primary succession start with

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Rocks

37
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What is secondary succession

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Result of natural disaster

Starts with soil

38
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What are the trophic levels

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Producer
Primary Consumer 
Secondary consumer
Tertiary consumer 
Quaternary consumer
39
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What are trophic levels

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The different feeding positions on a good chain

40
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What is producer

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Gets its food from abiotic sources

Photosynthesis

41
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What is a primary consumers

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Herbivores

42
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What is a secondary consumer

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Eat primary consumers

Carnivores and omnivores

43
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What is a tertiary consumer

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Eats secondary consumers

44
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What is a quaternary consumer

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Eats tertiary consumers

45
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What percent of energy gets passed in to the next trophic level

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10%

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