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15 Cards in this Set
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Populations |
Groups of members of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time. |
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Communities |
Consist of all of the populations of different organisms that live and interact within an area |
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Ecosystems |
A community along with its nonliving environment. |
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Biosphere |
All of the earth's ecosystems. |
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Trophic level |
An organisms feeding status in an ecosystem. *Herbivores or primary consumers (plant eaters) *Carnivores or secondary consumers (flesh eaters) |
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Decomposer |
Organisms that recycle the dead bodies |
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Scavengers |
Clean up the dead bodies of larger animals like crows, jackals |
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Detritivores |
Consume forest litter, debris and dung like ants or beatles |
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Biogeochemical cycles |
The movement of matter within ecosystems; caused by living organisms, geological forces or chemical reactions. |
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Hydrolic cycle |
The movement of water through the environment. |
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Transpiration |
The evaporation of water from plants |
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Evapotranspiration |
Describes the sum of evaporation from the earth's surface(water+land+ transpiration into the atmosphere) |
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Carbon cycle |
The movement of carbon through our environment. |
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The atmosphere relieves carbon from? |
1.Evaporation of water from ocean 2.Animal respiration 3.Decomposition of organic matter in soil 4.Burning of fossil fuels 5.Forest fires 6.Respiration of zooplankton |
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Phosphorus cycle |
The movement of phosphorus through the environment. 1. Plants take up phosphorus 2. Consumers eat plants 3. Phosphorus is returned to system through decomposition. |
