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☀️Ecology - food chain🌿 Flashcards

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Ecology

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The study of the interaction between living things and their environment

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Biosphere

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Part of the planet in which life is found

Contains many ecosystems

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Population

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All the members of the same species in an area

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Community

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Contains many different populations

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Ecosystem

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A community of living organisms interacting with one another

Eg the earth

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Why is the earth an ecosystem

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Because no part of it is truly isolated from the rest

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What is the global ecosystem

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The biosphere

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Habitat

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Place within the ecosystem where the organism lives

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Niche

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The functional role of an organism in an ecosystem

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What is the term ‘niche’ decribing

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The population in an ecosystem

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Abiotic

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Non living factors

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Biotic

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Living factors

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Climatic

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weather conditions that affect the community in an ecosystem

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Abiotic factors include

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Temperature
Currents
Wind speed
Altitude

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Biotic factors include

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Predators and prey

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Climate factors include

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Temperature
Rainfall
Wind

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Edaphic factors include

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Soil type

Soil pH

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Edaphic

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Soil

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Aquatic environmental factors

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Currents

Wave action

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Sun

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Primary source of energy for the planet

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Ecosystems are unable to function unless there is a

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Constant input of energy from an external source

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Food web

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Series of interlinked food chains

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A Grazing food chain

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Is one where the initial plant is living

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A detritus food chain

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Is one where the food chain begins with dead organic matter

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Trophic level

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This refers to the position of an organism in a food chain

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1st trophic level

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Plants

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2nd trophic level

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Herbivores

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3rd trophic level (T3)

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Carnivores that eat herbivores

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T4

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Top carnivore

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Pyramid of numbers

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A diagram that represents the numbers of organisms at eavh trophic level in a food chain

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Bottom layer

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Primary producers

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Top layer

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Tertiary consumer

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When plants and animals die the nutrient water is

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Not wasted

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