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Unit B Ecosystems And Evolution Flashcards

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Evolution

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A species changing over time to either adapt to the ecosystem or to better survival.

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Behavioural adaptations

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How an organism adapts it’s behaviour to better survive.

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Embryology

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The study of embryos to f

Determine how organisms being life.

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Habitat

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An area with a particular set of characteristics both biotic and abiotic.

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Indicator species

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A species that is easily affected by ecosystem changes. Example frogs

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Natural selection

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An ecosystem naturally getting rid of species or individual organisms that have bad characteristics to survive.

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Niche

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A role that members play in a community

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What are the main biomes in Canada?

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Tundra- cold and snowy.
Taiga- mixture of coniferous and deciduous trees.
Deciduous forest- leaves that fall with the season.
Grass land- fields of different species of grass

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Facts about taiga

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Northern and central Alberta
Changeable weather
Precipitation- 50- 250
Soil contains some water and is acidic

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Grassland facts

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Central Alberta
Sunlight and warmer temperatures
Precipitation-25-100
Rich fertile soil

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Deciduous forest facts

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Central Alberta
Sunlight and warmer temperatures
Rich fertile soil
Precipitation-75-250

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What causes horizontal stratification?

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Sunlight penetration causes horizontal stratification

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What are the layers of horizontal stratification?

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Littoral zone- extends from shoreline out to where the sun penetrates the bottom.
Limnetic zone- extends from littoral zone and is the open water zone. It extends downward to a depth at which there is still enough light for photosynthesis
Profundal zone- is the area below the Limnetic zone. No sunlight reaches this area.
Benthic zone- the ground/ the soil.

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What are the levels of soil?

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Litter- partially decomposed organic matter.
Topsoil- composed of rock particles and minerals.
Subsoil- composed of rock particles and minerals.
Bedrock- solid rock layer.

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What causes vertical stratification and what does it change?

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It is caused by temperature change which changes the density of water.

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What are the different layers of lake turnover in summer?

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Epilimnion- 22C
Thermocline- the middle layer
Hypolimnion- bottom layer 6C

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What are different layers of lake turn over in autumn?

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Warm and cool water will mix restoring oxygen in the bottom of the lake.

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What are the layers of lake turnover in winter?

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Ice
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Thermocline
4C

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What are the layers of lake turnover in spring?

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The bottom layer of water is the warmest and will rise to the top. The top layer will sink.

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What are the abiotic factors affecting aquatic ecosystems?

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Oxygen concentration 
Temperature
Carbon dioxide 
pH 
Alkalinity 
Hardness 
Rate of water flow 
Turbidity 
Ice thickness
Salinity 
Pressure
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What are the biotic factors affecting aquatic ecosystems?

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Succession- transition in species composition over time.
Eutrophication- the amount of nutrients
Index species- the species present in the highest population density.

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What is binomial nomenclature?

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Is a method that is used to name organisms by using two names- the genus name and the species name.

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What is a homologous structure?

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They have similar origin but different uses in different species.

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What is an analogous structure?

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Is a similar in function and appearance but not in origin.

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What scientific evidence exists to support the theory of evolution?

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There is direct evidence- fossils and bones. Indirect evidence- shows links between existing forms and their ancestors

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By the levels of classification how can you tell two organisms are similar to other organisms

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By their name. Starting at 
Kingdom
Phylum
Class 
Order 
Family 
Genus 
Species
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What are some of Darwin’s theory’s of evolution?

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Suggested that the world used to be one land mass because the same species with different adaptions around the world. He observed fossils of ancestors that looks like current species

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