Ecosystem Processes Flashcards

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Equations for photosynthesis

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photosynthesis is carbon dioxide + water —> glucose + oxygen + water. A balanced chemical equation for the process can be written as 6CO2 + 6H2O —> C6H12O6 + 6O2. Overall, photosynthesis uses light energy to convert carbon dioxide into a carbohydrate

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Chlorophyll

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Found in Chloroplast

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Level 1

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Producer

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Level 2

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Primary consumer

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Level

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Secondary consumer

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Level 4

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Tertiary consumer

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Animal that has no predator

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Apex consumer

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When a community of species depend on other species

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Interdependence

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Increase in concentration of a pollutant in a organism

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Bioaccumulation

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Increasing concentration of a pollutant in a food chain

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Biomagnification

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the role of chloroplasts in photosynthesis

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Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food for the plant.

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Waxy cuticle

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Waterproof upper layer prevent water loss

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Upper epidermis

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Transparent layer allowed lots of sunlight through

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Chloroplast

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Contains chlorophyll that trap sunlight and creates energy

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Palisade cells layer

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Tightly packed self with lots of chloroplasts. Photosynthesis occurs here

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Spongy sells layer

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Lots of spaces to allow gases diffuse

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Guard cell

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Who sells that can change shape to open or close a stoma

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Stoma

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A pore that allows gasses into and out of the leaf

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Xylem

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Transports water

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Phloem

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Transports food

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Mineral irons;

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Nitrogen n
Phosphorus p
Potassium k
Magnesium mg

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Nitrates

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Needed to make amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins
Yellow leaves and poor plant growth.

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Phosphates

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Needed to make ATP in respiration and DNA. Needed to make ATP in respiration and DNA
Purple leaves and poor plant growth

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Potassium

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Needed to make enzymes which are essential for photosynthesis and respiration.
Yellow leaves with brown spots and poor plant growth.

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Magnesium
To make Chlorophyll which is required for Photosynthesis. | Yellow leaves with brown spots and poor plant growth.
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Why do farmers use fertiliser in plants
To increase the plants amount of nutrients to make healthy crops
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word and chemical equations for respiration. | word and chemical equations for respiration.
Aerobic= Glucose + oxygen to energy + carbon dioxide + water C6H12O6 to 6C02+ 6H20+ 38 Anaerobic= Glucose to lactic acid + energy + 2 C6H1206 to C3H603
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compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Aerobic respiration occurs during normal activities when enough oxygen is available. Anaerobic respiration Because during vigourous exercise when there is a lack of oxygen available
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Ecosystem
And ecosystem is a part of a biome. It includes all living things in a given area, interacting with each other, and also With their non-living environments
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Community
This is all different species that live in the same habitat at the same time.
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Population
A population is made up of all organisms of one species living together in the same place (habitat) at the same time.
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Habitat
a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.
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Biosphere
•The volume of the earth’s surface where | organisms can be found.
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Biome
•The biosphere is made up of several types of biome. • These are classified due to their major vegetation types, for example TUNDRA or TROPICAL RAINFOREST.
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Niche
DescriptionIn ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors and how it in turn alters those same factors.
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why bioaccumulation has a greater affect on top predators in a food chain
This is biomagnification, and it means that higher-level predators-fish, birds, and marine mammals-build up greater and more dangerous amounts of toxic materials than animals lower on the food chain.
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Biology pollutant
DescriptionBiological pollution is the impact of humanity's actions on the quality of aquatic and terrestrial environment. Specifically, biological pollution is the introduction of non-indigenous and invasive species.
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The first railway was called
The first railway was the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825)
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1837 - Samuel Morse invented
the telegraph
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1837 - Rowland Hill invented
the postage stamp
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1839 - Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented
the bicycle
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1843 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel built
the Great Britain steamship (using screw propellers).
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1885 - Karl Benz invented
the motor car.
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Cheap Trains Act
made railway companies offer a greater number of cheap trains for workers.
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How was trade effected by the shipping industry
The growth of the shipping industry allowed a huge growth in worldwide trade.
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All Red Line'.
By 1902, the whole British Empire was linked together by a network of telegraph cables called the 'All Red Line'.