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Unit 7 Definitions Flashcards

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Ecosystem

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Self-contained unit made up of biotic and abiotic factors in the area

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Population

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Group of individuals of the same species in a habitat

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Community

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Organisms of all species that live in the same area

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Habitat

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Place where an organisms normally lives

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Niche

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All the conditions and resources required for an organisms to survive and reproduce

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Random sampling

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Sampling a population to eliminate bias

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Systematic sampling

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Regular sampling across an area

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Mark release recapture

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Method of estimating population size of animals

(Marked in 1st sample X no. In 2nd sample)/marked in 2nd sample

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Abiotic factors

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Concerned with non-living part of the environment

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Biotic factors

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Concerned with living part of the environment

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Interspecific competition

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Competition between organisms of different species

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Intraspecific competition

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Competition between organisms of the same species

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Energy

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Ability to do work

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Phosphorylation

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Process of adding a phosphate group (e.g. ADP ->ATP)

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Light dependent reaction

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Stage of photo synthesis in which light energy is required to produce ATP and reduced NADP

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Light independent reaction

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Stage of photosynthesis which does not require light energy directly, but does need the products of the light dependent reaction to reduce CO2 and form carbohydrate.

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Oxidation

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Loss of electrons, combining oxygen with a substance

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Reduction

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Gain of electrons, loss of oxygen from a substance

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Electron carrier molecules

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A chain of carrier molecules along which electrons pass, releasing energy in the form of ATP as they do so.

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Photolysis of water

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Light energy splits water molecules, yielding electrons, hydrogen ions and oxygen (from LDR)

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Calvin cycle

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A biochemical pathway (part of LIR) where CO2 is reduced to form carbohydrate.
CO2 + RuBP –> GP –> TP –> Glucose or RuBP

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Limiting factor

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A variable that limits the rate of a chemical reaction

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Glycolysis

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First part of cellular respiration to which glucose is broken down (in the cytoplasm to 2 molecules of pyruvate

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Link reaction

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Process linking glycolysis to the Krebs cycle (in the matrix of the mitochondria), where the 2 molecules of pyruvate are converted to CO2 and acetylcoenzyme A

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Krebs cycle
Introducing acetylcoenzyme A into a cycle of oxidation-reduction reactions (in the matrix of the mitochondria) that yield some ATP and a large number of electrons
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Electron transport chain
Use of electrons from the Krebs cycle to synthesise ATP via a series of oxidation-reduction reactions
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Anaerobic respiration
Releasing energy from glucose without oxygen (produces lactate in animals and ethanol in plants and some micro-organisms)
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Trophic level
Each stage in a food chain
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Consumers
Organism that obtains its energy by feeding on other organisms
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Gross production
Total quantity of energy that the plants in a community convert to organic matter
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Net production
Gross production-respiratory losses
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Energy transfer
(Energy available after the transfer/energy available before the transfer) X 100
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Pyramid of number
A pyramid drawn with bar lengths proportional to the number of organisms present
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Pyramid of biomass
Pyramid drawn with bar lengths proportional to the mass of plants/animals
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Pyramid of energy
A pyramid drawn with bar lengths proportional to the energy stored in organisms
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Biological control
Controlling pests by introducing predators
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Selective breeding
Breeding of organisms by human selection of parents for certain characteristics
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Saprobiontic micro organism
An organism that gets it food from the dead or decaying remains of other organisms
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Green house gases
Gases such as methane and CO2 which trap more heat energy, raising the earths temperature
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Ammonification
Production of ammonia from e.g. Urea and proteins
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Nitrification
Converting ammonia into nitrites and the nitrates
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Nitrogen fixation
Conversion of nitrogen gas intro nitrogen-containing compounds
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Denitrification
Conversion of soil nitrates into nitrogen gas
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Leaching
Process by which nutrients are washed from the soil into watercourses
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Eutrophication
Consequence of an increase in nutrients in watercourses that leads to a decrease in biodiversity
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Succession
The changes in an ecosystem, over time, of the species that occupy it
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Pioneer species
A species that can colonise bare rock or ground
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Climax community
The stable, final, community that exists in a balanced equilibrium
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Conservation
Management of the Earth's natural resources in such a way that maximum use can be made of them in the future.
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Genotype
The genetic composition of an organism
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Phenotype
The characteristics of an organism, resulting from its genotype and the environment
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Gene
A length of DNA that codes for a polypeptide
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Allele
One form of a gene
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Homologous chromosomes
A pair of chromosomes that have the same gene lock and determine the same features
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Dominant
An allele that is always expressed in the phenotype
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Recessive
An allele that is only expressed in the phenotype when there is another identical allele
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Heterozygous
When the alleles are different for a particular gene
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Homozygous
When the alleles are the same for a particular gene
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Sex linkage
Any gene that is carried in the X or Y chromosome
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Co-dominance
Both alleles are equally dominant and are both expressed in the phenotype
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Multiple alleles
More than two possible alleles for a particular gene
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Gene pool
All the alleles of all the genes of all in the individuals in a population at any one time
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Allelic frequency
The number of times the allele occurs within a gene pool
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Stabilising selection
Selection that favours average individuals
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Directional selection
Selection that favours individuals at one extreme
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Speciation
The evolution of new species from an existing species
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Geographical isolation
When a physical barrier prevents two populations from breeding with one another

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