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Ecology Unit Test Flashcards

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Define: Aboitic

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factors that are everything else. They can be physical (rocks, etc.) or things that are measured (temperature, hours of daylight, etc.) (Abiotic are all non-living things).

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Define: Aquifer

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a large underground lake. The water is absorbed into the ground and travels downwards until it reaches bedrock where it gathers with other water particles and creates a lake.

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Define: Atmosphere

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layer of gases that surround Earth

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Define: Biodiversity

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the number of different types of organisms in an area (the diversity of an area).

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Define: Biome

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a large geographical region that contains similar ecosystems. On land, biomes are defined by the types of plants that grow in them.

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Define: Biosphere

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the part of the planet, including water, land and air where life exists

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Define: Biotic

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factors such as organisms- plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and algae(living things).

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Define: Carbon Cycle

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the carbon cycle is the cycle through which carbon is used, recycled and used again by organisms.

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Define: Carnivores

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consumers that mainly eat meat. Ex. A wolf.

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Define: Carrying Capacity

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the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support without reducing its ability to sustain future generations of the same species

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Define: Cellular Respiration

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process organisms use to obtain energy from glucose and other carbohydrates

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Define: Commensalism

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(a form of symbiosis) where one organism benefits with minimal impact on the other

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Define: Community

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made up of populations of different species that live and interact in the same area

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Define: Competition

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interaction between 2 or more organisms competing for the same resource in a given habitat

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Define: Components

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Parts of an ecosystem (ex. A tree in a rainforest ecosystem)

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Define: Consumer

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organisms that eat other organisms to get their energy because they can’t make their own food

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Define: Decomposers

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consumers that breakdown organic matter and release its nutrients back into the ecosystem (ex. Fungi and bacteria)

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Define: Denitrifying Bacteria

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bacteria that convert nitrates into nitrogen gas

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Define: Detrivores

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consumer that feeds on organic matter (ex. Earthworms)

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Define: Ecology

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the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment

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Define: Ecosystem

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complex, self-regulating systems in which living things interact with each other and non-living things

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Define: Energy Pyramid

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a diagram that shows the amount of available energy producers and consumers contain as energy flows through an ecosystem

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Define: Environment

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all the living and non-living things that exist on Earth

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Define: Fossil Fuels

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fuel formed from the organic matter of organisms that lived millions of years ago. This includes coal oil and natural gas.

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Define: Habitat

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the physical environment of an organism

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Define: Herbivore

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an organism that only eats plants (ex. Moose, deer)

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Define: Holistic Approach

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emphasizes an entire system

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Define: Hydrosphere

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all the water on Earth

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Define: Limiting Factor

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environmental factor that prevents an increase in the number of organisms in a population or prevents them from moving into new habitats

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Define: Lithosphere

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Earth’s solid outer layer

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Define: Marine

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water based biome where the water has a high salt content

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Define: Mimicry

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where an organism looks like another organism so they can benefit from the others defenses

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Define: Mutualism

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when both organisms benefit from a relationship (form of symbiosis)

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Define: Niche

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all the interactions of a given species with its ecosystem or what a species does in an ecosystem. Ex. a squirrel’s niche is eating nuts and seeds, being hunted by foxes and owls, being active in the day and living and nesting in trees.

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Define: Nitrifying Bacteria

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bacteria that converts ammonia into nitrites then into nitrates

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Define: Nitrogen Cycle

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a cycle in which the Earth’s nitrogen is recycled to be used by organisms by being converted into many varieties of its chemical version.

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Define: Nitrogen Fixation

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conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia

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Define: Nutrient

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substance that an organism uses to build and repair cells of the body

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Define: Nutrient Cycle

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the process of moving a nutrient from the abiotic part of an ecosystem to the biotic part, and back again

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Define: Omnivore

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consumers that eat both plants and animals (Ex. bears, racoons, humans)

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Define: Organic Matter

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remains of dead organisms and animals wastes. Can be recycled by bacterium and fungi

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Define: Parasitism

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A form of symbiosis where one organism benefits while the other is harmed

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Define: Photosynthesis

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the process plants use to produce carbohydrates by combining carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to produce oxygen gas and glucose (CO2 +H2O+ SUNLIGHT= O2+GLUCOSE or Carbon dioxide+ Water+ sunlight=oxygen gas+ glucose)

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Define: Population

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group of members of the same species that live in the same area (same species, same area)

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Define: Predation

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: one organism eating another organism to obtain food. Predation causes animals to adapt to avoid being eaten. They can avoid this by camouflage, mimicry or releasing chemicals to make the smell or taste bad.

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Define: Primary Consumers

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eats producers (ex. caterpillar)

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Define: Produer

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organism that carry out photosynthesis to create its own food.

48
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Define: Run-off

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water that runs off the ground into nearby streams or rivers

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Define: Scavenger

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consumers that eat the remains of dead animals (ex. vultures)

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Define: Secondary Consumer

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feeds on primary consumers (ex. a robin eats a worm)

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Define: Seepage

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water that soaks through the soil

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Define: Species

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a group of similar organisms in an ecosystem

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Define: Stewardship

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way of acting that involves taking personal responsibility for the management and care of something

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Define: Sustainability

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the ability of populations of plants, animals and other living organisms to continue to interact and reproduce infinitely (an ecosystems ability to sustain future generations)

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Define: Symbiosis

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close interaction between 2 different species in which members of one species live in, on, or near members of another species.

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Define: System

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group of individual parts that interact as a whole to accomplish a task

57
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Define: Tertiary Consumers

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feeds on secondary consumer (ex. hawk, wolf, etc.)

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Define: Transpiration

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the process through which water is evaporated from plants into the atmosphere (part of the water cycle)

59
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Define: Water Cycle

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the cycle through which water is purified and recycled to be used by organisms.

60
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What are the equations for cellular respiration and photosynthesis?

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Cellular Respiration- Glucose + Oxygen gas = Carbon dioxide gas + Water + Energy
Photosynthesis: Sunlight + Carbon Dioxide gas + Water = glucose + oxygen

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What is Bio-accumulation?

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Bioaccumulation: the process by which toxins in the environment are absorbed by an organism faster than it can excrete them causing them to build up inside the organism

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What is biomagnification?

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Bio magnification: when consumers eat other organisms and incorporate their toxins into the body of the consumer. Toxins in the other organism are due to bioaccumulation

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Define: habitat change

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when humans alter a habitat making it no longer habitable for animals to live there

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Define: Native Species

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organisms that normally live in a habitat

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Define: Habitat Fragmentation

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when habitats are separated into patches

66
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Define:Overexploitation

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when an organism is hunted faster than it can reproduce

67
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What are some examples of point source pollution

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oil spills, waste water, partially treated waste water

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What are some examples of non-point source pollution

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fertilizer and pesticide run-off and salt run-off

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Define: Invasive Species

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a non-native species that is brought into an ecosystem and out-competes the native species for resources. They are usually invasive because they have no natural predators and they can reproduce faster than the native species.

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Define: Climate Change

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when average temperatures rise or fall

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Define: Urban Sprawl

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unplanned growth of urban area into country side

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