Chapter 3 Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Area around earth where life exists

From 8km above the surface and 11km below

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Biosphere

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The study of interactions between organisms and their environment

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Ecology

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3
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An individual living thing

A single member of a species

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Organism

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A group of organisms that are similar, can breed, and produce fertile offspring in nature

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Species

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5
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All the members of a species that live in the same area

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Population

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Community

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All of the different populations that live in the same area

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Ecosystem

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All the organisms(communities) that live in a given area and their physical environment

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Biome

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A group of ecosystems with the same climate and similar communities

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9
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Biotic factors

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All the living parts of the environment

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10
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Abiotic factors

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Any non-living part of the environment

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11
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What are observations?

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They are usual the first steps in designing an experiment and models.

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12
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Experimentation

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Used to test the hypothesis

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13
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Modeling

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Are created to better understand events that are difficult to study directly

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What are models based on?

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Data collected from observations and experimentation.

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15
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How does energy flow in an ecosystem ?

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Consuming each other

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16
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How does energy flow THROUGH an ecosystem?

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Sun into plants

17
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Organisms that capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use that energy to produce food

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Autotrophs(producers)

18
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Photosynthesis

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Uses light energy to produce CHO

19
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Chemosynthesis

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Using chemical energy to produce CHO

20
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Chemical energy is used to make what?

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Glucose from carbon dioxide and sea water

21
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Get their energy from other organisms(autotrophs) by consuming them

22
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Obtain energy by only eating plants

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Obtain energy by killing and eating other animals

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Obtain energy by eating both plants and animals

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Animals that consume the carcasses of already dead animals
Scavengers
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Obtain energy by chemically the remains of dead and decaying plants and animals ( detritus )
Detritvoers
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*energy flows from the sun to the autotrophs, to the heterotrophs
Fun fact
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A series of steps by which organisms transfer energy through an ecosystem by eating and being eaten (what eats what)
Food chain
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Several food chains in an ecosystem combined
Food web
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The steps in a food chain or food web
Trophic level
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What makes up the first trophies level
A producer
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Diagrams that shows the amount of energy or matter at each tropic level
Ecological level
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The number of individual organisms at each trophic level
Numbers pyramid
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The total amount of living tissue at each trophic level(mass/unit area)
Biomass pyramid
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Amount of energy available at each trophic level | 10% is transferred to the next
Energy pyramid
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What is photosynthesis (equation )
Carbon dioxide + water == glucose + oxygen
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What is chemosynthesis (equation )
Hydrogen sulfide + oxygen == chemical energy
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Photosynthesis element equation
NRG(light) + H2O + CO2 == O2 +CHO
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Cellular respiration elements equation
CHO + O2 == CO2 + H2O + NRG(light)