Ecology

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The branch of biology that deals with the relationship between organisms and their environment

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Ecology

Question 2

Source of all energy

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Sunlight

Question 3

Constantly interchanged between air, land, and sea. Or between organisms and their environment

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Water

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Characteristics of Water

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High specific heat

Rises with temp. increase

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Characteristics of Water

1. High specific heat

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Slow to warm up and cool down

Stores high quantities of heat

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Characteristics of Water

2. Rises with temp. increase

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Heaviest at 4’C (sink)

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Chemical cycle in nature

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Carbon cycle
Oxygen cycle
Nitrogen cycle
Phosphorus cycle

Question 8

4 procedures in carbon cycle

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Photosynthesis
Respiration
Decay of dead organisms / Transpiration
Burning of fossil fuels

Question 9

Converted to nitrates for plant use and cannot be utilized directly

Answer 9

Nitrogen cycle

Question 10

Nitrogen cycle processes

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Nitrification
Dentrification
Ammonification
Assimilation

Question 11

Different types of feeders

Answer 11

Generalist

Specialist

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Omnivores (feed on plants and animals)

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Generalist Feeders

Question 13

Acanthaster planci

crown of thorns sea star

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Specialist Feeders

- only feed on polyps

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Passage of energy from sun in material form

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Food Chain

Question 15

All food chains in a community

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Food Web

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Another type of food chain where energy decline through the chain occurs and successive members are larger but fewer

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Ecological Pyramids

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Organisms’ occupation or function in the community

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Niche

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Place where organisms live

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Habitat

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Symbiotic Relationships

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Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism

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One gains benefit but the other is neither harmed or gained benefit

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Commensalism

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Examples of Commensalism

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Remora and Shark
Pearl fish and sea cucumber
Orchids on trees

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Types of mutualism

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Facultative (non-permanent)

Obligate (permanent)

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Facultative Mutualism

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Cow and Egret

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Obligate Mutualism

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Animal-protist

Animal-plant (corals and zooxanthellae)

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Another name for zooxanthellae

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Symbiodinium microadriaticum

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Both benfit from each other

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Mutualism

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One benefits and the other is harmed

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Parasitism

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Parasitism

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Cow and tapeworm

Pinworm and man

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Organisms with common characteristics and are reproductively isolated

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Species

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Scientific name of whale shark

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Phinodon typus

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Scientific name of Asian moon scallop

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Amusium pleuronectes

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Dog

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Canus familiaris

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Organisms of 1 species that occupy a given area

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Population

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Factors affecting population rate of change

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Increase:
Birth
Immigration
Decrease:
Death
Emigration

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Population growth curve

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Exponential (unrestricted)

Logistic (restricted)

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Maximum no. of individuals that can be sustained in an environment given the available resources

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Carrying capacity

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Carrying capacity leaves off when:

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Population reaches limit of food supply
All suitable habitats are occupied
Parasites and predators multiply greatly

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Factor caused by:
Dispersal to other areas
Losses by predation, diseases, etc.

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Density-dependent

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Factor caused by severe weather

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Density-independent

Question 40

Marine animals habitat

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Rocky shores
Coral reefs
Seagrass meadow
Mangrove forests

Question 41

3 types of reefs

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Fringing reef
Barrier reef
Atoll reef