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how do organisms respond to the environment?

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through behavioral and physiological mechanisms

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stimulus

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internal/external signal that causes response in organism

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signaling behavior

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communication can change the behavior of organisms and cause differences in reproductive success.

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communication mechanisms

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visual
audible
tactile
electrical
chemical signals

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uses of communication mechanisms

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indicate dominance
find food
establish territory
ensure reproductive success

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innate behaviors

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genetically controlled

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learned behaviors

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developed from exeriences

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cooporative behaviors

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Same species teamwork that inc fitness and survival of population.

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examples of cooporative behaviors

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aposemetism (discourage predation), scent markings by mammals

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endotherms

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use thermal energy generated by metabolism to maintain homeostatic body temperatures

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endothermic mechanisms

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change HR, fat storage, muscular contractions (shivering)

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ectotherms

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lack efficient internal mechanisms to regulate temp, so rely on behaviors

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ectotherms mechanisms

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moving in or out of the sun

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there is a relationship between metabolic rate per unit of body mass and

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size of multicellular organisms

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metabolic rate

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amount of energy to be expended by an animal over a specific amount of time

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net gain in energy

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energy storage/growth

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net loss in energy

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loss in mass and possibly deat

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the smaller the organism the ___ metabolic rate

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higher

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19
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reproduction strategies in response to energy availability

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producing a lot of offspring at once
- less energy effecient
-common in unstable environments
producing few offspring at once
- more energy effecient
- more common in stable environments

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changes in energy resources and producer level can affect

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number and size of trophic levels

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trophic level

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position an organism occupies on a food chain

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food chain

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shows ONE path of energy

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food webs

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shows many transfers of energy between trophic levels (everything is connected)

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inefficiency limits and population size ____ as you go up trophic levels

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decrease

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autotrophs

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organisms that capture energy from physical or chemical sources in the environment, like the sun in photosynthesis

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chemosynthetic organisms

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capture energy from small inorganic molecules in the environment with or without oxygen

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heterotrophs

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capture energy present in carbon components produces by other organisms
metabolize carbs, lipids, proteins as energy sources through hydrolysis

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less food available =

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less energy, low repro, offspring survival decrease

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more food available =

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reproduction increase population increase

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factors that affect population growth

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age at reproductive maturity
number of offspring produces
reproduction frequency
offspring survivability

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reproduction without constraints leads to

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sharp increase in population growth

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exponential growth occurs when

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abundant resources + number of offspring in each generation incs

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population density

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how close individuals within a population live to each other

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factor that affect population density

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resource availability

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abundance of food =

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dense pop, high repro, limited space

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density dependent factors

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abiotic or biotic factors whose effect on the population depends on density
ex:
cometition for resources
disease
predation

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density independent factors

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abiotic or biotic factor that affect population size regardless of density
ex:
natural disasters

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logistic growth model

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describes population growth that initially starts slowly, immediately followed by exponential growth, and ends with relatively stable max growth

S curve

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carrrying capacity

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max # of individuals an environment can sustain
- density dependent and density independent factors can cause population ro reach carrying capacity

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limiting factors will…

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bring population size back down if it exceeds carrying capacity, fluctuations can naturally occur near carrying capacity.

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ecosystem diversity is related to its ____ to changes in the environment

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resilience

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diversity may impact the…

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organization of an ecosystem
- env can be stabilized w more diversity and less vulnterability to drastic changes

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abiotic factors

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climate, water, nutrient availability, light availability

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biotic factors

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producers and dominant predators

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producers

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many pop depend on them and they reduce erosion

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dominant predators

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keep prey pop in control and have diversitfied diets

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keystone species are disproportion relative to their ____

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abundance

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keystone species

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species that community structure depends on, tend to have small population (over depletes resources)

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when a keystone species is removed…

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community COLLLAPSES

50
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evolution is characterized by change in…

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genetic makeup over time

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adaptations…

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inc biodiversity, causes pop to evolve, and can lead to speciation

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invasive species affect

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ecosystem dynamics, availability of resources, ecological changes

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invasive species

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not native to specific area and harms the community

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invasive species exploit new niches

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niche is free of predators or competitors
outcompetes other organisms for resources
population increases unchecked

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human activity that accelerates change on local and global levels

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urbanization, deforestation, erosion, extinction, pollution,climate change

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things that accelerate evolution

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repro isolation, new niches, change in selective advantage

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biographical studies illustrate the changes in

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species distribution and biomes

58
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geological and meterological events…

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caused 5 major extinctions

59
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el nino

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phenomenon of changing in temperature of pacific ocean, impacts microscopic organisms (cytoplankton

60
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energy is lost from the system as

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heat!

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10 percent law

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when organisms are consumed approximately 10 percent of their energy is available to the next trophic level.

62
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limited energy leads organisms to

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budget their energy~

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