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Populations C1 Flashcards

1
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Define ecology

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The study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Define ecosystem

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A balanced biological system where all the organisms (community) and the non-living components interact in a particular location. There is energy flow and nutrient cycling within the ecosystem.

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Define community

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Interacting populations of two or more species in the same habitat at the same time.

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4
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Define habitat

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The place where an organism lives.

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5
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Define population

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A group of organisms of a single species, interbreeding and occupying a particular habitat.

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Define environment

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The factors in a habitat which affect an organism - both living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic).

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7
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Define niche

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The role and position of an organism within its environment, including all interaction with the biotic and abiotic factors of its environment.

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When will population size increase? (equation)

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reproduction + immigration are greater than deaths + emigration.

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9
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List the four stages of a population growth curve

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Lag, log/exponential, stationary, death/decline

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10
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What is carrying capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals a habitat/environment can sustain

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11
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What causes the lag phase in a bacterial fermenter?

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Enzymes are being synthesised

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12
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What could cause the death phase in a bacterial fermenter?

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Accumulation of toxic waste, or resources run out (glucose or O2)

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13
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Define a density dependent factor

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A factor that affects population size and is affected by population size

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14
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Define a density independent factor

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A factor that affects population size and is not affected by population size

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15
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What is the ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The sun

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16
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What is the difference between inter and intraspecific competition?

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Inter is between species, intra is within one species

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17
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Why is photosynthetic efficiency not 100?

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Sunlight misses the leaves, is transmitted, is reflected, is the wrong wavelength, is not absorbed by the chloroplasts.

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18
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Give the assumptions made during capture mark recapture (Lincoln Index)

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No migration, birth or death, marked individuals distribute themselves evenly, the marking does not increase likelihood of death from predators and is not toxic

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19
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Define GPP

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Gross Primary Productivity is is the rate of production of chemical energy in organic molecules by photosynthesis in a given area. The unit is kJ m-2 year-1

20
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Define NPP

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NPP (kJ m-2) = GPP - energy used by plants in respiration. This is the energy available to primary consumers

21
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Why is energy lost between trophic levels?

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Some tissues are not eaten or are indigestible (egested), energy is lost in respiration and excretory products

22
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Why are carnivores more efficient than herbivores?

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Meat contains protein and fat, which are easier to digest than plant material

23
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How do you calculate the efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels?

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Energy in biomass after transfer/energy available before transfer x 100

24
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Define primary succession

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Succession in a habitat that has never before been colonised. Bare rock- no soil/seeds/humus present

25
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Define secondary succession

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The reintroduction of organisms into an area that was previously colonised. Soil, seeds and humus are already present

26
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The first plants to grow in a new habitat during succession are called?

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Pioneer species

27
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What are the stages in succession called?

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Seral stages/seres

28
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What is the climax community?

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The final stable collection of plants and animals that succession produces. Equilibrium has been reached

29
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List the five key processes by which carbon moves through the carbon cycle

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Photosynthesis, respiration, combustion, decomposition, fossilisation

30
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What is a carbon footprint?

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The equivalent amount of CO2 generated by an individual a product or a service in a year.

31
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What do plants need nitrogen for?

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Synthesising amino acids, nucleic acids and chlorophyll

32
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Give two forms of nitrogen that plants can take up

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NO3- NO2- NH4+(nitrate, nitrite, ammonium)

33
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Name the process that converts atmospheric nitrogen to ammonium or nitrate

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Nitrogen fixation

34
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What process can fix atmospheric nitrogen to form nitrate?

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Lightning

35
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Name the two bacteria that perform nitrogen fixation

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Azotobacter (free living) Rhizobium (root nodules of legumes)

36
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Name the process that converts ammonium to nitrate

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Nitrification

37
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Which bacterium converts ammonium to nitrite?

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Nitrosomonas

38
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Which bacterium converts nitrite to nitrate?

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Nitrobacter

39
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Name the process that returns nitrate to atmospheric nitrogen

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Denitrification

40
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Which bacterium performs denitrification and where is it found?

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Pseudomonas and waterlogged soil/anaerobic conditions

41
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List the steps in eutrophication

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Leaching of fertilisers into water, algal bloom, plants/algae die, bacteria decompose them and use up O2, animals die

42
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What is the effect of ploughing on soil?

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Ploughing aerates the soil, increasing nitrification and decreasing denitrification

43
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What does a t test show?

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If there is a significant difference between the means of two sets of data

44
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What is the null hypothesis of a t test?

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There is no significant difference between the means of two sets of data

45
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When would you reject the null hypothesis of a t test?

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When the t value calculated is above the critical value found in the probability table for the correct degrees of freedom

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