Chapter XX- Ecology Flashcards
1
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Ecology
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-study of interactions among organisms and their environment
2
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Population
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- interbreed
- same place at same time
- ONE SPECIES
3
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Community
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-inreracting populations
4
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Biome
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-large group of ecosystems
5
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Biosphere
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-supports life
6
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Tolerance Curves
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- performance graph
- cant survive out of this
7
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Acclimation
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- adjusts tolerance levels
- slowly adapts
8
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Transpiration
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Water evaporating from plants
9
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Percolation
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Collection of warer underground
10
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Habitat
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-organism lives
11
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Niche
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-role of a species in an environment
12
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Generalist
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-eats many different things in many ways
13
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Specialist
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- eats 1 thing in kne way
- adapted towards 1 resource
14
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Fundamental
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- potential organisms can get to
15
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Realized
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- range it actually uses
