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Ecology TEST Flashcards

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1
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What is the term for when one organism benefits and the other is unaffected?

A

Commensalism

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What is the term for all the places on earth with life on it?

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Biosphere

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What is the term for where you can find a particular organism?

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Population range

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Which is a better representation: Food Chain or Food Web?

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The Food Web will give you more details

more accurate and shows how somethings are eaten by many different things.

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What is the term for when both organisms benefit from a relationship?

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Mutualism

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When population growth is unlimited, what term is used to describe it?

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Exponential

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Bacteria, animals and plants are considered ______________

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biotic factor

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What is the term for when one organism benefits and the other is hurt?

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Parasitism

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If Plankton gets energy from the sun - - Sea Cattle eats the plant on and then the cattle get served as Krabby Patties to Fred the fish - - what percentage of the original energy from the plankton is Fred the fish receiving?

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1%

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What is the term for how organisms spread themselves out (Clumped or uniform)

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spatial distribution

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What is the term for the ecosystem + climate?

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Biome

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What do we call an organism’s role in its environment?

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Niche

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13
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The idea of Tolerance means that humans would prefer to live in what?

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Mild environments

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14
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How much energy is lost after each step in a food chain?

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90%

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15
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Be able to identify a picture of a food chain and the picture of a food web.

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Ask Mrs. Krumpelman for help

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16
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What is the term for how many of a particular organism is in one area?

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Population density

17
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What is the term for the biotic and abiotic factors in an area?

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Ecosystem

18
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What is the term for the multiple species interacting in an area?

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Community

19
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Can plants be considered prey? (True or False)

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True

20
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What is the general term for two organisms living and interacting together?

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Symbiosis

21
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What is the term for a grouping of organisms of the same species?

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Population

22
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What is the ultimate source of energy for all living things?

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The Sun

23
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What is the term for an individual?

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Organism

24
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What is MORE necessary in an environment?

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Autotrophs

25
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What happens in area of high population density?

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disease spreads more quickly

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Populations will grow until they reach ________________ ________ where the population will remain for a while.

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Carrying Capacity

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