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Ecology Flashcards

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Ecology

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Ecology is the study of the interactions between living things (organisms) and between organisms and their environment

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Biosphere

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The biosphere is that part of the planet containing living organisms

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Ecosystem

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An ecosystem is a group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment as a unit

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Habitat

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A habitat is the place where a plant or animal lives

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Population

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A population is all the members of the sames species living in an area

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Community

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A community is all the different populations in an area

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Abiotic Factors

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Abiotic factors are non-living factors

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Biotic Factors

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Biotic factors are living factors

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Climatic Factors

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Climatic factors refer to weather over a long period of time

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Edaphic Factors

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Edaphic factors relate to soil

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Producers

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Producers are organisms that carry out photosynthesis

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Flora

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Flora is all the plants in an ecosystem

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Consumers

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Consumers are organisms that take in food from another organism

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Fauna

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Fauna is all the animals in an ecosystem

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Decomposers

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Decomposers are organisms that feed on dead organic matter

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Detritus Feeders

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Detritus feeders are organisms that feed on small pieces of dead organic matter

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Food Chain

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A grazing food chain is a sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next member in the chain

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Trophic Level

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A trophic level is a feeding stage in a food chain

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Food Web

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A food web consists of two or more interlinked food chains

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Pyramid of Numbers

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A pyramid of numbers represents the number of organisms at each trophic level in a food chain

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Niche

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The ecological niche of an organisms is the functional role it plays in the community

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Nutrient Recycling

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Nutrient recycling is the way in which elements (such as carbon and nitrogen) are exchanged between the living and non-living components of an ecosystem

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Nitrogen Fixation

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Nitrogen fixation is the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia, ammonium or nitrate

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Nitrification

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Nitrification is the conversion of ammonia and ammonium compounds to nitrite and then to nitrate

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Denitrification

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Denitrification is the conversion of nitrates to nitrogen gas

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Pollution

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Pollution is any harmful addition to the environment

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Pollutants

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Pollutants are harmful additions to the environment

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Conservation

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Conservation is the wise management of existing natural resources in an ecosystem, in order to maintain a wide range of habitats and prevent the death and extinction of organisms

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Competition

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Competition occurs when organisms actively struggle for a resource that is in short supply

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Intra-Specific Competition

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Intra-specific competition takes place between members of the same species

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Inter-Specific Competition

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Inter-specific competition occurs between members of different species

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Contest Competition

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In contest competition, there is an active physical contest between two individual organisms

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Scramble Competition

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In scramble competition, all of the competing individuals get some of the resource

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Predation

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Predation is the catching, killing and eating of another organism

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Predator

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A predator is an organism that catches, kills and eats another organism

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Prey

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The prey is the organism that is eaten by the predator

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Parasitism

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Parasitism occurs when two organisms of different species live in close association and one organism (the parasite) obtains its food from, and to the disadvantage of, the second organism (the host)

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Symbiosis

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Symbiosis occurs when two organisms of different species live (and have to live) in close association and at least one of them benefits

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