Ecology

Question 1

Abiotic Factors

Answer 1

A non-living chemical or physical component in the environment that affects the ecosystem/organisms

Question 2

Biotic Factors

Answer 2

A living component in an environment that affects that affects the ecosystem/organisms

Question 3

Succession

Answer 3

The order in which species appear in an ecosystem over time. .

Question 4

Sediment

Answer 4

Solid material that can be rocks or minerals

Question 5

Hydrological Cycle

Answer 5

.Water cycle, also called hydrologic cycle, cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system. Of the many processes involved in the water cycle, the most important are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff

Question 6

Nitrogen Cycle

Answer 6

.1. Fixation: Changing N2 to NH3 2. Nitrification: Changing NH3 to nitrates so it can be absorbed by plants. 3. Assimilation: Plants absorb nitrates from soil 4. Ammonification: When plants/animals die, the nitrates convert back to NH3 to reenter the cycle 5. Denitification: Excess N2 gets put back in the atmosphere

Question 7

Logistical Growth

Answer 7

The geometric or exponential growth of all populations is eventually curtailed by food availability, competition for other resources, predation, disease, or some other ecological factor.

Question 8

Exponential Growth

Answer 8

The bigger the population, the faster it grows. As the j shape reveals, the size of a population growing exponentially

Question 9

Ecosystem

Answer 9

.An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system

Question 10

Energy Flow of a Food Web

Answer 10

There is a single path through a food chain. Each organism in a food chain occupies a specific trophic level (energy level), its position in the food chain or food web..

Question 11

Trophic Level

Answer 11

.A group of organisms that occupy the same level of the food chain

Question 12

Carbon Cycle

Answer 12

.The carbon cycle is the process in which carbon travels from the atmosphere into organisms and the Earth and then back into the atmosphere. Plants take carbon dioxide from the air and use it to make food. Animals then eat the food and carbon is stored in their bodies or released as CO2 through respiration.

Question 13

Competition

Answer 13

.Competition occurs in nature when you have organisms that coexist in the same territory and they compete for things like food, mating, etc.

Question 14

Carrying Capacity

Answer 14

.The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment