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1.1 Ecosystems Flashcards

1
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Ecology

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Study of relationships between organism and their enviorments

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Ecosystem

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Particular location on Earth with interacting biotic and abiotic componets

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Biotic

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Living componets

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Abiotic

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Non-living componets

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System

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An assemblase of parts and the relationships between them which enable relatioships between them which enable them to work together to form a functioning whole

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Open System

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Exchange both matter and energy in system

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Closed System

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Only exchanges energy in system

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Isolated System

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Doesn’t exchange energy or matter

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Species

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Group of organism that can interbreed and produce fertile (can produce life) orgainsm

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Hybrid

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Offspring can live ot be adult but cannot reprodue

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Niche

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What makes organism unquie

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population

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Group of organisms of the same species living in the same area and can interbreed

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Community

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Group of populataions living and interacting together in a common habitat

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Ecosystem

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Coummunity of interdepentdent orgainism their physical environment

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Interspecific Competition

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Competition between different species

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Intraspecific Competition

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Competition between the same species

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Why does competition occur

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  • Survial mode
  • limited resources
  • Nature is regulating population size
    Simlar wants and need within species
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Competitive Exclusion principle

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Two species competing for the same resoures cannor coexsit

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Resoruce pationing

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usinf resources in different ways, places, or times

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Autotroph

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Make their own food through photosynthesis

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Hetrotroph

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Cannot make thir own food so they consume other organisms

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Herbivore

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only eats plants

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Carnivore

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Only eats meat

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Omnivores

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Eats plants and animals

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Chemoautotrophs

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Gains energy through chemical reactions (self feeder

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Scavengers

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Consumer dead animals, recycle organic matter and energy

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Detritivores

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Break down dead tissue waste porducts

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Decomposers

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Futurer break doen dead material, complete the process

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Mutalism

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both organisms benefit from their interactions (Clownfish + Coral reef )

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Commensalism

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One organism benefit while the other is netural about it

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Parasitism

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One orgainsm benfits while the other is harmed in the process

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Amensalism

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One organism is harmed while the other one is netural about it

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Symbiosis

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close and lng term interaction between 2 species in an ecosystem

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