Ecosytems Flashcards
(39 cards)
Define Abiotic Factors
Refers to those environental factors that are not alive, the non compounds of the enviroment e.x water, sunlight
Photo synthesis equation
CO2 + H2O -> O2 + C6 H12 O6 (glucose)
Define detrivore
Animals that release enzymes to break down organic matter to eat ex. Dung beatle
How does temperature effect plants
Effects rate of plant growth, metabolic rate of organism and resistance in organisms.
What level on the pH scale is acid
0
Define commensalism
One partner benefits and the other is not affected (+,0)
Define Biotic factors
Enviromental factors which are alive
Define Mutualism
Both partners benefit from the relationship (+,+)
Respiration equation
O2 + C6 H12 O6 (glucose) -> CO2 + H2O
Water effects on ecosystems ?
- Solubility of dissolved oxygen
- rate of plant growth
- metabolic rate of organisms
- resistense in organismic
What can you use to measure turbudity of water
Sechi Disk
-a string you lower into the water and mark when you up
Define intercompetition
Competition between different species
At level on the pH scale is neutral
7
What symbiotic relationship is represented by this +,-
Parasitism
+,+
mutualism
+,-
Parasitism
Name 4 things animals compete for
Food
Water
Space
Mates
What is a nich?
A nich is the position that a living thing occupies in a community
- animals overlapping niches compete
- competition results in winners and losers
What do plants fight for
- light
- minerals
- water
- space
What species is the human
Homosapians
What is the study of ecosystems?
Ecology
Name the three types of organisms found in ecosystems inorder of the food chain
Producers -> consumers -> decomposers
Plant organisation flow chart
Molecules -> cell -> organisms -> population -> biosphere
What is an autotroph
organism that can make their own food