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Ecology and Ecosystems Flashcards

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What causes large-scale climate patterns?

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Global heating and cooling of air

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What causes smaller-scale climate patterns caused by heating and cooling of air?

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Rainshadow Effect

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Rainshadow Effect

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a patch of land that has been forced to become a desert because mountain ranges blocked all plant-growing, rainy weather.

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Biomes

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areas on the earth with similar climate, plants, and animals

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Tropical Rain Forest

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High Rainfall
High temperatures

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Desert

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Low Rainfall
High temperatures

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Savanna

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Seasonal rainfall
High temperatures

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Chaparral

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Warm, mild winters
Hot, dry summers
Little rain

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Temperate Grassland

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Seasonal rain
Cold winter
Hot summers

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Temperate deciduous forest

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Moderate rain
Cold winters
Hot summers

***This is us

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Coniferous Forests

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Moderate rainfall
Low temperatures

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Tundra

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Low rainfall
Low temperatures

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Fresh Water Biomes consist of

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ponds
lakes
streams
rivers
(swamps, bogs)

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Intertidal zone (Oceanic Biome)

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Dry land that meets the continental shelf

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Benthic zone (Oceanic Biome)

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Seafloor

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Photic zone (Oceanic Biome)

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Top layer of ocean that light passes through

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Aphotic zone (Oceanic Biome)

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Beneath the photic zone
Light does not pass through this layer

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Ecology

A

the study of organisms and their interactions with the living and nonliving environment

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Ecosystem ecology

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all organisms and abiotic (non biological) factors

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Community ecology

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all organisms in a particular area

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Population ecology

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“group of individuals”

examines the characteristics and dynamics of a population (species) that influences survival and reproduction

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Population

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group of individuals of the same species occupying the same place at the same time

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Organismal ecology

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individuals

24
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Energy transfer 10% rule

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10 percent of energy can move between trophic levels

25
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(Biological Interactions)
Neutralism

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0 / 0

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(Biological Interactions)
Amensalism

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  • / 0
27
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(Biological Interactions)
Commensalism

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+ / 0

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(Biological Interactions)
Competition

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  • / -
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(Biological Interactions)
Mutualism

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+ / +

30
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(Biological Interactions)
Predation or Parasitism

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+ / -

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Ecological niche

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the role a species plays in its community, including its habitat and its interactions with other organisms

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Competitive Exclusion Principle

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No two species can occupy the same niche

33
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Artificial Selection

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human intervention/ interference acting as selective pressure

34
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Example of Artificial Selection

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Domestic Dogs
Edible plants

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