L18 Flashcards
What is Ecology?
The scientific study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
Biotic factors
Living things
Abiotic factors
Non-living things
Adaptations
Advantageous change in strait selected for over many generations
Acclimatization
an environmentally induced change in an individual’s physiology
Behavioral change
Within an individual, to deal with small fluctuations in environment
Random
Individuals do not interact strongly with one another (uncommon in nature)
Clumped
Uneven distribution of resources or groups (common in nature)
Regular (aka Uniform or Even)
Behavioral interactions, resource competition
Weather
Refers to the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time. It describes factors such as wind temperature and humidity.
Climate
Refers to the condition of the atmosphere over a large area, averaged over many years.
If warm air rises cooler air ___
Falls
Does warm air or cool air hold more moisture
Warm air
Air circulation patterns
Cells of rotating air create wet and dry latitudes
Temperature =___
Average kinetic energy
