Ecology Flashcards

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1
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10% rule

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what rule decrees by 10% every time you go up on the pyramid

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2
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produces energy usually a grass or plant

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Producer

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3
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Study of organisms and there interactions with there environment

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Ecolegy

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4
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non living parts

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Abiotic

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5
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living things interacting with nonliving things

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Biotic

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6
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Organisim

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Any living thing

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7
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number of animals in certain area

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population

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8
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several populations of several species

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community

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9
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Ecosystem

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community + abiotic factors

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10
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Biosphere

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All biomes of the entire world

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11
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primary consumer

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bottom of pyramid

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12
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secondary consumer

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eats primary consumers

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13
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t consumer

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at the top of pyramid

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14
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energy pyramid

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model used to display the consumers

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15
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Many similar ecosystems within a large area

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Biomass

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16
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Tropic level

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used in naming any level on the pyramid

17
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cell resperation

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occurs in non plats reactants are opposite

18
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photosynthesis

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Process of plants making energy

19
Q

lots of species in small area

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population high density

20
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less species in a area

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population low deensity

21
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starvation, diseases predation

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density dependent Factor

22
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natural phenonmnas

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density Independent Factor

23
Q

how a population is organized or clumped

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Population distribution

24
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change in number of individuals over time

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Growth rate

25
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under ideal conditions J shaped

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Experiential growth

26
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resources shared NOT ENDLESS S shaped

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limited growth

27
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number of organisms an environment can carry or hold

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Carrying capacity