Yellowstone Flashcards
what is it when one benefits and the other is harmed in a relationship?
Parasitism
Draw the 3 domain system.
Prokaryote:
Archae/ Archaebacteria
Eubacteria/ Eubactaeria
Eukaryote: Eukaria... Protista Animalia Fungi Plantae
3 groupings patterns of bacteria?
Strepto: chains
Diplo: paired
Staphylo: clusters
Microbes?
Extremely tiny things
Streamers?
Microbes intertwine to form long hair like filaments.
Hyperthermophiles?
Microbes that grow above 80°C or 176°F.
Polymerase chain reaction? PCR
Requires enzymes that can withstand repeated heating cycles. A method of copying DNA.
Metabolism?
The chemical changes in a cell that results in energy production and growth. Autotroph and heterotroph.
Endospores?
Dormant structures inside bacterial cells that are highly resistant to heat, dryness, radiation and disinfectants.
What is the difference between Linnaean lawn and creationist orchard?
LL has each species represented by their own individual lines. CO has the species branching off each other in a tree shape.
Sinter?
A grayish white material forming cones terraces and rims around Hot Springs. Carbonate based in Mammoth. Silica based in Norris.
Solfataras?
Hot sulfur rich environment.
Travertine?
Hot water dissolves the underlying limestone, forming white calcium carbonate.
What is the importance of carotenoids?
They take the rays from the sun to create the bright colors in vegetables.
What is the importance of chlorophyll?
It takes the sun raze and creates the color green.
Ecology?
It’s the study of the interactions between living creatures and their home.
Biotic factors?
It refers to the living portion of the ecosystem.
Natural history?
The abstract quantitive and mathematical aspects take a backseat and we emphasize qualitative, accurate, detailed observations of creatures in their natural habitat.
Population?
It is composed of all members of the same species at the same place and at the same time.
Habitat?
Where a creature naturally lives.
Ecosystem?
It is a naturally defined area comprised of all the living and all the nonliving factors of that environment.
What two things is Carolus Linnaeus known for?
Classification of plants and binomial system.
Microhabitat?
Subsets of the habitat.
Ecological niche?
Is it entire way of life.
Symbiosis?
Living together.
Competition?
It occurs when two or more species or after the same resources that form part of each species niche.
Mutualism?
Is the most harmonious and friendly.
Where does the creature naturally live?
habitat
Parasitism?
One benefits the other is harmed
Ectoparasites versus endoparasites?
Endo parasites live within and feed on their hosts tissue. Ectoparasites are parasites that reside on the outside of their hosts.
What is an actually to find area comprised of all the living and all the nonliving factors of that environment?
Ecosystem
Interspecific versus intraspecific competition?
Interspecific is fighting between animals outside of species. Intraspecific is competition that occurs between individuals of the same species.
Caring capacity?
The maximum number of individuals that a particular environment can sustain.
What is it called when animals of the same species are fighting?
Intraspecific competition
What refers to the physical nonliving portion of the ecosystem?
Abiotic factors
Which parasite lives within and feeds on their hosts tissue?
Endo parasite
Trophic levels?
Levels in ecosystem with organisms that share the same function and save nutritional relationship to primary source. Different levels of producers and consumers.
What specific competition is it called when animals outside of each other species are fighting over something?
Interspecific competition