Ecology (ecosystems) Flashcards
What is ecology?
The science that studies the interaction between living organisms and the physical and chemical factors surrounding them.
What is an ecosystem?
Ecosystems are biological communities of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
An ecosystem is rich when…
A rich ecosystem is a geographic place which is highly abundant and/or valued for their long term services to keep our environment healthy.
An ecosystem is a complex system…
with specific characteristics for a specific place.
In ecosystems different species,
Prays, predators, organisms compete for the same resources.
It is impossible for two ecosystems to co-exist (V/F)
False
Give an examle of two co-existing ecosystems
Africa has the Sahara desert, but is don’t mean it is all a desert.
The combination of all the ecosystems in earth is called the
Ecosphere
Biotic Factors are all those that…
involve all living organisms, all of those living organisms that affect other organisms and can change the physical and chemical conditions.
Abiotic factors are all those that…
All those physical and chemical conditions that have living organisms, factors based on non-living organisms. They determine the type of organisms that an ecosystem can support.
Name 3 abiotic factors
Slinity, humidity, temperature
There are X type of abiotic factors
2, physical and chemical
The physical abiotic factors are those that depend on…
The climate
The chemical abiotic are encharged of making processes for forming…
new things which chemical factors that make up of the environment where the ecosystem develops.
There are X types of chemical abiotic factors
2, land ecosystem and aquatic ecosystem
