Ecology Flashcards
(28 cards)
10% rule
the rule that every level if the energy looses all but about 10% of its energy
Ecology
Study of organisms and how they interact with the enviorment
Abiotic
Non-living
Biotic
Living
Organism
A living thing
Population
Number of a specific species in a specific area
Community
Groups or organisms in an area
Ecosystem
The organisms and Abiotic features in an area
Biosphere
Everything in the world
Producer
Plants
Energy pyramind
A model that uses a shape to show the loss of energy in the food chain
Primary Consumer
Herbivore that eats plants
Secondary Consumer
Animal that eats the herbivore and is on the third level of the period
Tertiary Consumer
Animal on the top of the food chain
Biomass
Mass of all living things in the world
Trophic Level
level of energy within the energy period
Biome
Many ecosystems in one area
Photosynthesis
The process that plants do to take energy from the sun and transform it into sugars
Cellular resporation
The process that non-plants go through to process sugars to get energy
Population High
Many of the same species in a squared km or mile
Population Low
Few of the same species in a squared km or mile
Density Dependent Factors
Things an organism can help
Density Independent Factors
Things like weather that an organism can’t help
Population Distribution
how a population of organisms is organized
