Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
Two (2) laws that govern organisms
A
- law of tolerance
- law of limiting factors
2
Q
‘the success of a species, its number, sometimes its size, etc., are determined largely by the degree of deviation of a single factor (or factors) from the range of optimum of the species
A
law of tolerance
3
Q
Who first stated the law of tolerance in ecology
A
Shelford (1913)
4
Q
growth of a population is restricted by the factors that are scarcest and not by the factors that are abundant
A
law of limiting factors
5
Q
wide range of tolerance –>
A
diversity
6
Q
position of an organism in the food chain
A
Trophic level
7
Q
How are energy used?
A
- body heat
- feces
- cellular respiration
- growth and development
- reproduction
8
Q
Two (2) processes in the ecosystem
A
- flow of energy
- material cycling
9
Q
the flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem
A
energy flow
10
Q
- different elements
- accumulation and transfer of one material to another
- recycling
A
material cycling
11
Q
material cycling is the __, and __/__ of materials
A
- accumulation
- assimilation/integration
