Introduction Flashcards
What are natural resources?
Materials or components that come from the environment, renewable or non renewable
What is a renewable resource?
Replaced on an equal level with consumption, replaced naturally
What is a non renewable resource?
Not replaced on an equal level with consumption, not replaced naturally
What is ecology?
Scientific study if the distribution and abundance or organisms and how they interact with each other and the biotic and abiotic features of their environment
What is confirmation bias?
We are more likely to accept new data that supports the world view we already have
Order - start biosphere
Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, individual
Order - start Kingdom
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Biome
Classified based on annual tempurature and precipitation, biomes in different areas function the same dispite different species
Ecosytem
Connections between living and non living, flows of energy, decomposition, people, whole system
Community
Groups of interacting species, can be simple but more often complex
Intraspecies
Within a species
Interspecies
Between different species
Population
Groups of individuals, very subjective, sometimes physical or political boundaries
Individual
Must survive, grow and reproduce, this is impacted by conditions, resources, climate and biomes
Iteroparous
Reproduce multiple times in their lives, common for many mammals, too young for certain period then very fertile for long time
