Bio Test: Ecology

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Biological Community

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All of the poplulations of organisms living together and potentially intereacting in a particular area

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Biodiversity, Prevalent form of vegetation, Stability, Trophic Structure

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A community is defined by

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Biodiversity

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the variety of different kinds of organisms

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temperature, rainfall, and nutrients

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Prevalent form of vegetation is determined

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if its stable of in transition (resistence or resilience)

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Stability measures

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Trophic Structure

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movement of energy

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Long term ecological research

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LTER stands for

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matter cannot be created or destroyed

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law of conservation of mass

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Predation, parasitism

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type of interaction that is possitive to one, negative to another

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Mutualism

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type if interaction that is posstive to both

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Commensalism

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Type of interaction that is neutral to both

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Competition

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Type of interaction that is negative to both

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Primary Consumers

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What type of consumers are herbivores?

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Secondary Consumers

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What type of consumers are carnivores that eat herbivores?

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Tertiary Consumers

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What type of consumers are carnivores that eat other carnivores?

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Habitat

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physical environment conditions in which a particular organism lives

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Competitive Exclusion

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If one species is better adapted to an environment than a competing species, eventually will drive the second out of the environment

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Ecological Niche

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This includes habitat and its interactions with other organisms

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Fundamental Niche

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All conditions under which organisms can survive

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Realized Niche

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Set of conditions under which it exists in nature

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Niche Segregation

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Each species finds a niche where it can survive without extensive competition

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Spatial Niches

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Organisms are adapted to living in different locations where they can survive better than other species

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Resource Partitioning

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Decrease competion by eating different foods or living in a different location

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Light, Nutrients, Space, Pollinators, Water, Shelter

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What do Aquatic plants compete for?

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Interespecific Competition

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If members of different species require the same resource, the supply of the resource is limited

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Competitive Niche

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Two species cannot occupy same niche

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Protect the fish that eat the zebra muscle

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How do we get rid of the Zebra Muscle?

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Transfer of energy from one trophic level, maintaining a balance in the population, diversifying

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What is the role of a predator in a community?

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Coevolution

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When predators evolve to catch prey better and prey evolve to avoid being caught

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Hearing, sight, smell, strong jaws, muscular, fast, hunting in packs

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How have predators adapted?

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Cryptic Coloration (camouflage)

Deceptive Coloration (Insects with big fake eyes)

Aposematic (warning) Coloration/ Activity

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What are some types of predator adaptations?

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Batesian Mimicry

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What type of defense mechanism where harmless mimics dangerous?

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Mullerian Mimicry

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What type of defense mechanism is it where multiple dangerous species mimic each other?

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Inducible Prey Defenses

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Defense traits used by prey when the presence of predator is percieved

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Produce chemicals that are toxic to predators

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What defense mechanism do plants use?