Ecosystems Flashcards
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Ecosystem
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Is all the organisms living in a certain area and all the non-living conditions found there. Its a dynamic system as its changing all the time.
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Trophic Level
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Stage in the food chain that’s occupied by a particular group of organism.
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Primary succession
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The change in a ecosystem that has been newly exposed or formed, such a a volcano. There is no organic material to start with.
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Plagioclimax
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When succession is stopped artifically by human activites
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deflected succession
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The path of succession has been deflected from its natural course
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Conservation
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The protection and management of ecosystems so that the natural resources in them can be used without them running out.
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Preservation
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The protection of ecosystems so they are kept exactly how they are.
