ecosystems; interactions and dynamics

Question 1

classifying ecosytems

Answer 1

biotic abiotic and limiting factors

Question 2

components of ecosystems

Answer 2

populations and community
ecosystems
biomes
environments and habitats
abiotic and biotic factors

Question 3

types of ecosystems

Answer 3

terrestrial and aquatic

Question 4

environment classification/ naming

Answer 4

abiotic biotic and dominant speciescom

Question 5

competitive exclusion law

Answer 5

similar species that compete cannot coexist

Question 6

resource partitioning

Answer 6

organisms feed at different times/ locations to combat competition

Question 7

niche

Answer 7

the role an organism has in the environment and the conditions it requires to survive

Question 8

key stone species

Answer 8

controls populations of other organisms of provides critical reasources

Question 9

intra vs inter

Answer 9

intra: same
intre: diff

Question 10

collaboration and competition

Answer 10

collab: animals working together
comp: animals competing for resources

Question 11

mutualism commensalism and parasitism

Answer 11

bb
neutral b
harmed b

Question 12

preditation

Answer 12

one organism kill another for food

Question 13

autotrophs

Answer 13

convert inorganic molecules in to organic molecules

Question 14

heterotrophs

Answer 14

consumers obtain food from others

Question 15

decomposters

Answer 15

use external digestion to break down food

Question 16

detrivours

Answer 16

consume dead material

Question 17

biomass pyramid

Answer 17

measures total dry mass of an organism
can be inverted

Question 18

number pyramid

Answer 18

total number of organisms

Question 19

energy pyramid

Answer 19

shows flow of energy from each organism to another

Question 20

10% rule

Answer 20

90% of energy is loss between trophic levels due to heat and chemical wastes

Question 21

gross primary productivity
net primary productivity

Answer 21

total energy in producers
total energy available to other organisms

Question 22

biogeochemical cycles?

Answer 22

how matter travels through biotic and abiotic factors

Question 23

carbon cycles processes and stores

Answer 23

photosynthesis respiration decomposition combustion
atmosphere terrestrial ocean sediments