2.1- Part 1-3 ECOLOGY Flashcards
Abiotic is ……..
The nonliving part of the environment including water, rocks, light, nutrients, soil, and temperature.
What is climate?
The AVERAGE weather conditions for an environment (usually measured on a yearly or monthly basis).
What is weather?
The DAILY environmental conditions. These can change from day to day or even from hour to hour.
What is biotic?
Living factors of an environment, such as bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
What is organic?
Relating to a living organism, a living entity.
What is organism?
A living thing ; anything that can carry out life processes independently.
What is population?
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical areas.
Define species.
A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring.
What is a community?
All of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
What’s an ecosystem?
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
What’s a biosphere?
The part of earth where life exists.
What’s biogeography?
Study of the geographic distribution on plants and animals.
What are native (Indigenous) species?
Species that evolved in the defined area.
What are invasive (transplant) species?
Species from another area living in a foreign environment.
Give an example of an accidental transplant.
Zebra Mussels and Fire Ants.
Give an example of a purposeful transplant.
Kudzu
What are biomes?
A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.
Give examples of climate patterns.
Sun, wind, and rain ( patterns).
What are some local effects?
Oceans, mountains, ponds, and lakes.
How do oceans act as local effects?
They act as heat banks. (coastal/island areas generally warmer than interior areas) The water absorbs the sunlight’s energy (so we don’t fry) during the day and releases the energy at night to keep the dark side of the planet warm.
How do mountains act as local effects?
*hint Lima
They create a rain shadow effect. This creates deserts on the
backside. As the winds come off the water, they are heavy with moisture. When those winds run into mountains, the air is forced upward resulting in the moisture getting cooler and condensing resulting in lots of rain on the front side of the mountain. With no moisture left as the winds reach the backside or “shadow side” of the mountain, you get deserts typically. (Look at California and Nevada.)
What does wind increase with?
Altitude.
Where do animals tend to be furrier and plants seem to be smaller?
In high altitudes (where there’s a lot of wind).
Temperatures on average drop 6 degrees Celsius for each _______ meters up altitude.
1000
