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What is ecology? |
The study of the ecosystem |
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What is an ecosystem? |
A community of interacting organisms and their environment |
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What is a community? |
A group of different populations in the same living area |
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What is a habitat? |
A natural home of an organism |
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What is a population? |
A group of the same species in a given area |
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What is the species? |
A group of the living organisms that have the same characteristics and are similar |
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What is a predator? |
an organism that naturally preys on another organism |
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What is a prey? |
And organism that is hunted and killed by another for food |
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What is a parasite? |
An organism that lives on or in an organism, of another species |
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What are saprophyte? |
Organism that lives on dead organic matter |
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List the 7 characteristics of living things? |
Movement Reproduction Growths Respiration Excretion Nutrition Irritability |
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What is growth? |
The increase in size and complexity |
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What is movement? |
A change in position |
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What is Respiration? |
The release of energy from food |
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What is reproduction? |
Making young ones/offsprings like oneself |
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What is excretion? |
The removal of poisonous waste from an organisms body |
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What is nutrition? |
The intake of food for energy and development |
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What is irritability? |
A response to the change in the environment |
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What is classification? |
Means to put in groups according to similarities |
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Name 7 classification? |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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What is the main source of energy? |
Sun |
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What is the job of a food chain? |
To show linear feeding relationships between organisms and show how energy is transferred using arrows |
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What is a producer? |
Green plants that makes there own food |
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What is a consumer? |
Organism that takes in food to obtain there energy. |
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What are trophic levels? |
Refers to the feeding levels on a food chain |
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Key note |
The more u move down the trophic levels there are less energy obtained |
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What is a food chain? |
a series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits |
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Who created the Binomial System? |
Carl Linnaeus from Sweden |
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What are scientific names made of ? |
The genus and species |
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Why are scientific name important? |
-They are universal - They eliminate confusion if it has many common or short names |
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How is the genus written? |
The first letter is always capitalized |
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How is the species written? |
In all lowercase |
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How is the entire scientific name written? |
In italics or underlines |
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What is the scientific name for human? |
Homo sapien |
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What are biotic factor? |
Living conditions caused by organisms |
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What are abiotic factors? |
Conditions caused by non living aspects |
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What are the four types of mangroves? |
Red, Black, White and Buttonwood |
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Describe white mangroves living area? |
Less saline, (brackish water) near rivers or creeks |
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Describe buttonwood mangroves living area? |
Drier, little water |
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What is zonation? |
The pattern of transition from one species to another |
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What is the average degree which mangroves are found in? |
25 celcuis or 75F |
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Describe the red Mangroves roots? |
Long Prop roots |
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Describe the black mangrove roots? |
Thin breathing roots which sticks above water |
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Describe the white mangrove roots? |
Knobby breathing roots |
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Describe the buttonwood mangroves roots? |
No roots |
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Describe leaves? |
Red- (opposite)large round and leathery |
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Black |
Long thin crystals on back (OPPOSITE) |
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Why are mangroves important? |
-They build land -Commercial Use -Major wildlife and nursery ground -Provides food for a lot of sea organism |
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White |
Round sometimes pinkish stems (OPPOSITE) |
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Buttonwood |
Long thin 2 bumps at base if leaf ( Alternate) |
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Describe flower |
Red - yellow cream with 4 pointed petals
Black- white
White- small white
Buttonwood- very small in cluster (propagule) |
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Describe fruit? |
Red- torpedo shape Black- about 1 inch long flattened White-green and ribbed Buttonwood- rounded head in clusters |
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Wetland animals and their adaptations |
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To prevent themselves from drying out and to protect themselves from severe temperature changes |
Hide under rocks Burrow in mud Can survive high temperature Hard shell ( crab , snail) |
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To avoid getting washed away |
Foots acts like suction cup Can attach to ricks,roots and other surfaces Strong glue ( barnacle) |
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To protect themselves from predators |
Camouflage Hide Strong hard shell Sharp prickles |
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To obtain foods |
Scavengers (eat off others) Filter feed Eat plants Killing others |
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Wetland plants and their adaptations |
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Name 2 natural threats to a mangrove? |
-Hurricanes and Tropical Storms -Silting up of creeks |
-Hurricanes and Tropical Storms -Silting up of creeks |
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Standing up and muddy soils |
Having prop roots |
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Breathing in soil which has a little oxygen |
Having Roots that grow into the air (breathing roots) |
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Getting rid of excess salt |
Deposit in leaves then shedding the leaves ( red mangroves) Excreting it through salt glands( black mangroves) |
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Getting enough water |
Having thick waxy leaves which helps to reduce water loss |
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Name two public organizations that conserve mangroves? |
Breef Bahamas National Trust |
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What is a wetland? |
On an area of land frequently flooded with salty or brackish waters |
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Name 2 other threats to mangroves? |
Pollution Urban Development Dumping Grounds Oil spills and Tar deposits |
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Where are red mangroves found? |
Water |
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Where are black mangroves found? |
High tide zone |
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Where are white mangroves found? |
Land and sometimes high tide zone |
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Where are buttonwood mangroves found? |
Land |
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Describe a red mangroves living area? |
Permanently wet and salty |
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Describe a black mangroves living area? |
Heavy, muddy , anoxic and salty soil |
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