ECOSYSTEM AND ITS COMPONENTS Flashcards
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COINED THE “ ECOSYSTEM” TO RECOGNIZETHE INTEGRATION OF THE BITIC COMMUNITY AND ITS PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AS A FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF ECOLOGY.
ARTHUR GEORGE TANSLEY
TWO GRPS OF BIOTIC COMPONENTS
PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS
2 SPECIAL TYPE OF CONSUMERS IN BIOTIC COMPONENTS
DECOMPOSERS, SCAVENGERS
NON LIVING VHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL FACTORS THAT HELP SUSTAIN LIFE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
ABIOTIC COMPONENTS
autothrops
producers
heterothrops
consumers
feed on plants
herbivores
feed on both animals and plants
omnivores
feed on dead plants and animals on their waste
decomposers
break down the waste of material from producers and other consumers into inorganic substances, which in turn serve as nutrients for the producers
detritus
shows a sequence of how organisms obtain their energy
food chain
describes the feeding relationships in an ecosystem. shows how variety of food chains are interrelated to one another
food web
concept of food web
food cycle
introduced the concept of food web, which he called ________
CHARLES ELTON
SHOWS THE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF SLOAR ENERGY TRANSFERRED FROM ONE FEEDING TO NEXT LEVEL
ENERGY PYRAMID
INTERACTION BETWEEN AND AMONG ORGANISMS, WHICH WHERE EACH COMPETES WITH ONE OTHER TO OBTAIN THE SAME RESOURCES.
COMPETITION
INTERACTION BETWEEN AND AMONG CONSUMERS WHEREIN ONE CONSUMER SERVES AS FOOD OF ANOTHER.
PREDATION
ORGANISM THAT KILLS AND EATS ITS VICTIM
PREDATOR
ORGANISM THAT IS EATEN
PREY
REFERS TO THE LIVING TOGETHER OF TWO OR MORE ORGANISMS IN AN ECOSYSTEM FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SYMBIOSIS
3 TYPES OF SYMBIOSIS
MUTUALISM, PARASITISM, COMMENSALISM
TWO WAY RELATIONSHIP WHEREIN BOTH ORGANISMS BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER.
MUTUALISM
It’s a one-sided relationship, wherein one organism benefits, and the other organism is neither benefited nor injured
PARASITISM
ONE SIDED RELATIONSHIP
COMMENSALISM
