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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a species? |
Organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring |
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What is a community? |
Group of a certain species living in same geographic area at same time |
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What is a community? |
All organisms in all interacting populations in a given area |
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What is an environment? |
Abiotic and Biotic things an organism interacts with |
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What is an ecosystem? |
Community of populations along with abiotic factors surrounding and affecting it |
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Ecosystem vs community |
Ecosystem is a community with abiotic things surrounding and affecting it. Communities are biotic only |
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What is the biosphere? |
All areas in Earth (air, sea, land) inhabited by and support life |
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What is a habitat? |
Place or area with particular biotic and abiotic characteristics |
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What is the range of a species? |
Geographic area of a population |
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What is a niche? |
Range if abiotic and biotic requirements for niche member survival |
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What is included in a species' niche? |
Habitat, food, interaction with other species |
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What are limiting factors? |
Limit distribution and size of populations that live there |
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Examples of limiting factors? |
Competition for resources, predation, parasitism |
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What does competition for resources do? |
Limits populations, birth/death numbers vary |
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What is taxonomy? |
Practice of classifying things |
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How are organisms grouped? |
Based on shared characteristics they are given names |
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May names and classifications change and why? |
Yes, as new species discovered and new info about similarities (e.g. genome sequencing) |
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Who is the father of taxonomy? |
Carlous Linnaeus |
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How to remember classification? |
De Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk |
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Taxonomy levels |
Domain, kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
