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Unit Three: Ecology Flashcards

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Levels of organization of ecology

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Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
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Ecology

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The study of the interactions of organisms with each other and with the physical environment

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Population density

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Number of individuals per unit area

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Population distribution

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Pattern of dispersal of individuals across an area of interest

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Types of population distribution

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Clumped
Random (most common)
Uniform

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How do we measure population growth?

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Age at which reproduction begins

How often each individual reproduces

Chances of survival until reproduction

Usual number of offspring per reproductive event

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Type one survivorship

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Humans

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Type two surivivorship

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Birds

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Type three survivorship

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Amphibians

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How would a more developed country look compared to a lesser developed country in a age structure diagram?

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A developed country has slow to no growth and a lesser developed country has rapid growth.

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Exponential growth

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Rapid and curved line

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Logistic growth

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Restricted and s shaped

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Carrying capacity

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Largest number off organisms of a particular species that can be sustained indefinitely by a given environment

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Density dependent factors

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Biotic

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Density independent

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Abiotic

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R selection

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Produce lots of offspring and invest very little in each (bacteria)

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K selection

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Allocate energy to their own growth and survival of their offspring (humans)

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Community

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Assemblage of populations interacting with one another within the same environment

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Habitat

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Place where an organism lives and reproduces

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Niche

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The role it plays in its environment

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Generalist species

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Varied niche

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Specialist species

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Specific niche

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Competition

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Organisms compete for a niche

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Intraspecific competition

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Same species compete

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Interspecific competition

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Different species compete

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Predation

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Predator kills prey for food

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Parasitism

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One organism is harmed the other benefits

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Commensalism

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One organism benefits and the other is not affected

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Mutualism

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Both organisms benefits

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Competitive exclusion principle

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No two species can indefinitely occupy the same niche at the same time

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Prey defense mechanism

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Camouflage
Warning coloration 
Mimicry
Odor
Poisonous chemicals
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Batesian mimicry

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Lacks the defense of the organism

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Mullerian mimicry

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Shares the defense of the organism

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Ecological succession

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Establishment of a community in a previously uninhabitable area of a community in a distributed area

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Primary succession

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Community begins to develop on a site previously unoccupied by living succession

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Secondary succession

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When an existing community is disrupted and a new one develops at the site

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Climax community

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Final stage of succession

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Keystone species

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A species that an ecosystem largely depends on

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Problems with exotic species

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Bio magnification
Decrease in biodiversity
Creates an unbalance in the tropic levels

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Ecosystem

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Place where organisms interact among themselves and with the physical and chemical environment

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Tropic levels

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Tertiary consumers (decomposers)
Secondary consumers
Herbivores
Producers

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10% rule

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Only ten percent of energy from one level is available to the next level

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What is the relationship of biomass, energy, and numbers as you go up a pyramid?

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They decrease

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Biological magnification

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Process by which substances become more concentrated in organisms in the higher tropic levels of a food web

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How does the distribution of solar radiation affect a climate?

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Increases the temperature leading to global warming

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Rain shadow effect

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Causes little precipitation in that area

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Carbon cycle

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An element is drawn from the atmosphere and increase the average temperature of the earths atmosphere and oceans

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Nitrogen cycle

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Continuous process by which nitrogen circulates in the air, soil, water, and organisms of the biosphere

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Eutrophication

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Enrichment of water by inorganic nutrients caused by human acrivities

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Biodiversity

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Diversity of organisms and its is important to provide genetic variation

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Threatened species

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Species vulnerable to endangerment

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Endangered species

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Species vulnerable to extinction

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How is biodiversity valuable?

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Used directly for medicine, consumptive, and agriculture
Used indirectly for bio geochemical cycles, waste disposal,provision of fresh water, prevention of soil erosion,climate regulation, and ecotourism

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What are the major causes of the loss of biodiversity?

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Habitat loss
Exotic species
Pollution
Over exploitation

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Keystone species

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Key species to an ecosystem

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Flagship species

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Species people love that raise awareness

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Source population

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Breeding group that produces enough offspring

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Sink population

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Breeding group that does not produce enough offspring

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