Ecology quiz pt3 Flashcards
Competitive exclusion
no two species can occupy the same niche
Pyramid of Numbers
doesn’t account for mass or energy at each trophic level
Asexual reproduction
no variation
Potato Blight
partial result of asexual reproduction
Resource partitioning
way to prevent competition in nature
Trophic levels
different level at the energy pyramid
consumer
eats food
critical value
value you get off chi square table
Cell communication
cells send and receive messages in many ways
Quorum sensing
way for bacteria to sense the size of the pop. that they are in
Levels of organization (ecology)
pop, community, ecosystem, and biosphere
emergent properties
new properties that go to the next level and gain things they did not have before
max sustainable yield
half of carrying capacity
producer
makes food by photosynthesis
secondary consumer
second consumer in food chain, the carnivore
