Module #10: Ecology Flashcards

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Population

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A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together

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Ecology

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The study of the interactions between living and non living things

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Community

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A group of populations living and interacting in the same area

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Ecosystem

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An association of living organisms and their physical environment

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Biome

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A group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life

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Primary Consumer

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An organism that eats producers

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Secondary consumer

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An organism that eats primary consumers

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Tertiary consumer

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An organism that eats secondary consumers

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Ecological pyramid

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A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each tropic level

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Biomass

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A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region

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Transpiration

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Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

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Watershed

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An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water

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The Greenhouse effect

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The process by which certain gasses (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space

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What are the ways that oxygen is taken from the air?

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Ozone formation, rusting metals and minerals, fire, and respiration ( main )

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What are some ways oxygen is added to the air?

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Ozone destruction, water vapor destruction, photosynthesis (main)

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What are some ways carbon dioxide is taken from the air?

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Dissolving into ocean, photosynthesis (main)

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What are some ways carbon dioxide is added to the air?

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Fuel burning, decomposition, and respiration (main)

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What is nitrogen fixation?

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It changes nitrogen gas into a reactive molecule

Preformed by nitrifying bacteria