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Ecosystems - (P1-SEC B) Flashcards

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DEFINITION

ECOSYSTEMS

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  • system in which organisms inetrcat with eachother/with their environment
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define

abiotic

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  • non living things
  • e.g air, water, heat
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define

Biotic and 2 types ?

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living things
e.g animals , plants

FLORA : plant life occuring in a partiuclar region/time
FAUNA: animal life of any particular region/time

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3 features of a food chain?

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Producers: convert energy from environ into sugars
Consumers: GET ENERGY FROM SUGARS from producers
Decomposers: Breaks down plant/animal material and return nutrients into soil

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difference between food chain and food web?

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Food chain- SHOW DIRECT LINKS BETWEEN PRODUCERS/CONSUMERS IN A SIMPLE LINE

Food web : SHOW ALL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PRODUCERS/CONSUMERS IN A COMPLEX WAY

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What is nutrient cycling?

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decomposers help recycle nutrients making them availabe again for growth of plants/animals
1. producers take up nutrients from soil for growth
2. consumers eat producers using nutrients fro growth
3. decomposers break down organic matter (when consumer dies) and return nutrients to soil

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changes of ecosystems due to HUMANS?

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  • EUTROPHICATION from fertilisers (fish die due to lack of 02)
  • ponds are DRAINED for farming (less habitats)
  • WOODS cut
  • Hedgerows removed to increase field size (less habitats)
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cause of variations in vegetation?

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  • ocean currents
  • wind
  • distrubution of land/sea
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location, characteristics

Desert

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Location : 30 N/S equator
characteristics : high temp (day), low temp (night), high pressure, low rainfall

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location, characteristics

Polar

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location: Arctic/antarctic
characteristics: cold air sinks at Poles
- very low temps / DRY

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location, characteristics

Deciduous/confierous forest

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location: 50-60 North of equator
characteristics: Deciduous shed leaves in winter to retain moisture
- conferous retain leaves in summer

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location, characteristics

Temperate grassland

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location: 30-40 N/S equator
characteristics: - warm, dry summer
- cold winter

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location, characteristics

Mediteranean

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location: 40-45 North Equator
characteristics : hot, dry summer
-mild winter

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location, characteristics

Tropical Grassland

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location: 15-30 N/S equator
characteristics: Dry season , hot (fires)
- thunderstorms in wet season

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location, characteristics

Tundra

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location: from arctic cirle to 60-70 north
characteristics : low growing plants retain heat
- cold windy dry

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Location, characteristics

Tropical Rainforests

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Location: close to equator
Characteristics: tall trees (45m)
- variety of wildlife
- wet - low pressure, so air rises –> clouds
- high temps (27C)
- varying rainfall (2000mm/yr)

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soil in tropical rainforests ?

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  • infertile
  • leaves decompose rapidly in hot/humid conditions
  • rain carries away/dissolves nutrients –> LEACHING
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How ware plants adapted in top canopy ?

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  • get most light
  • leaves have flexible bases to turn to sun
  • leaves have ‘drip tip’ to allow rain off leaves
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how are plants in lower layer adapted?

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  • THIN, SMOOTH BARK - water flow down easily
  • BUTRESSESS- rdiges support bases of tall tress/transport water
  • EPHIPHYTES - live on branches high in canopy to seek sun
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issues related to biodiveristy?

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  • human exploitation –> decrease biodiveristy
  • endangered species
  • loss of biodiverity—> less ecoystem productivity
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CASE STUDY

MALAYSIA

location

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-SE asia
- made up of Peninsula and East Malaysia
- 67% covered with rainforest

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causes of deforestation to malaysia rainforest?

REMPCLS

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LOGGING: only fully grown trees cut down, after CLEAR FELLING WAS POPULAR (cut trees in an area)
- Malaysia world’s largest exporter

ROAD BUILDING: to provide access to mines, settlements, energy projects

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT : more dams planned to boost electricty supply
- Bakun Dam (205m) is Asia’s highest dam outside China

MINERAL EXTRACTION: rainforest is cleared for mining, roads, extracting oil/gas

POPULATION GROWTH: - in past, poor mved to rural areas (TRANSMIGRATION)
- 15000 HECTARES FELLED for settlers

COMMERCIAL FRAMING: - converted to palm oil plantations
- Malaysia is world’s largest exporter of Palm oil

SUBSISTENCE FARMING : - in past, used to grow food in clear pockets of land
- METHOD 1 TO CLEAR LAND = ‘SLASH AND BURN’
- burning created valuable nutirents for growth

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impacts of deforestation

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SOIL EROSION - removal of soil by wind/water
LOSS OF BODIVERISTY
CLIMATE CHANGE- trees transpire giving off mositure, so deforestation mean less moist air
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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EG of biodiveristy in Malaysia?

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Biodiveristy in Main Range of Peninsular Malaysia
- largest area of continuous forest
- 600 species
- highland forests are home to 25% of plant species in Malaysia

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gains and losses in economic development due to deforesation?

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GAINS : -more farms/mines –> more JOBS
- companies pay taxes to government to improve services
- better transport opens up new areas of industrial development/tourism

LOSSES: - water pollution/dry climate leads to water shortage
- fires cause pollution
- plants may become extinct

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value of tropical rainforests?

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BIODIVERISTY
CLIMATE CHANGE : - trees absorb CO2
CLIMATE : 28% O2 comes from rainforests
PPL: idigenous tribes live in harmony in rainforests
WATER: 20% water comes from Amazon
RESOURCES: provide hardwood, nuts,rubber
MEDECINE: 25% medecines coem from plants in rainforests (2000+ plants have anti cancer properties)

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susitainable management strategies of rainforests ?

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SELECTIVE LOGGING /REPLANTING- clear felling is damaging/ logging is more sustainable

CONSERVATIONS/EDUCATION: can be preserved in national parks/ can be used for education/tourism

ECOTOURISM : - intropduce ppl to natural environment/ income from tourism used to retan/protect forest

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS: help protect

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eg of international agreements to manage tropical rainforest?

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hardwood forestry:
FSC is international organisation promoting sustainble forestry
- FSC edcuates manufacturers/consumers about need to buy sustainable hardwood

debt reduction:
- reduce debts in return for agreements that rainforest will not be deforested

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example of small scale ecosystem and the food chain

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freshwater ponds
PRODUCERS: algae/microscopic plants convert energy –> sugar
CONSUMERS: Larvae
SECONDARY CONSUMER: fish
DECOMPOSERS: bacteria , worms, maggots

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