Ecology Terms #2

Question 1

Circulating pathway of elements such as carbon and nitrogen involving exchange Pooles, storage areas, and biotic communities

Answer 1

Biogeochemical cycles

Question 2

Gradual replacement of communities in an area following a disturbance or the creation of new soil.

Answer 2

Ecological succession

Question 3

Creation of new soil and replacement of new communities occur

Answer 3

Primary ecological succession

Question 4

And area following disturbance when a replacement of new communities occur

Answer 4

Secondary ecological Succession

Question 5

Complex pattern of energy flow in an ecosystem represented by interlocking and crisscrossing food chains

Answer 5

Food web

Question 6

Lacking in nutrients and having a large amount of dissolved oxygen through out (acid rain)

Answer 6

Oligotrophic

Question 7

Enrichment of water by inorganic nutrients used by phytoplankton

Answer 7

Eutrophication