Unit 3: Ecosystems and Population Ecology Flashcards
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3.1 Ecosystems
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biotic factor
abiotic factor
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3.1 Ecological relationships
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Predator-prey, competition, symbiotic (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism)
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3.1 Types of symbiosis
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mutualism, parasitism, commensalism
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3.1 Limiting factor
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3.2 Primary Productivity
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3.2 Photosynthesis
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3.2 NNP = GPP - Cellular Respiration
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3.2 Trophic levels
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- producer, consumer (primary, secondary, tertiary)
- Decomposer, detritivore
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3.2 Food chains/food webs
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3.2 10% Rule
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3.3A The carbon cycle
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3.3A Carbon reservoirs
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Most carbon is stored in rocks. Carbon is also stored in the ocean, atmosphere, plants, soil, and fossil fuels
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3.3A Slow carbon cycle
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- two processes of how carbon becomes stored in rocks
- Volcanoes
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3.3A Fast carbon cycle
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- Photosynthesis by plants and plankton
- cellular respiration by plants/plankton, people, decomposition of plants, plants burning.
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3.3B Nitrification
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