Grade 11 Biology - Biodiversity

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Abiotic Factors

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A non-living factor within an ecosystem e.g. weather, pollution

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Biotic Factors

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A living factor within an ecosystem e.g. animals, plants

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Taxonomy

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Science of classification

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Order of Taxons

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Domain -- Kingdom -- Phylum -- Class -- Order -- Family -- Genus -- Species

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Community

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The sum of living organisms in a habitat

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Environment

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The abiotic and biotic components of an environment

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Ecosystems

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The interactions between the environment and the community

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Terrestrial Environments

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Land based e.g. tundra, deserts, forest, grasslands

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Aquatic Environments

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Photic zone e.g. marine and freshwater

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Niche

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A specific area

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Fundamental Niche

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The potential area an organism could inhabit if it was not under threat from other organisms

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Realised Niche

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The actual niche a species inhabits

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Environmental Niche

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The way a species functions in a niche

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Resource Partitioning

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Where the resources go – controls a realised niche

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Intraspecific Collaborations

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Between members of the same species

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Interspecific Collaborations

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Between members of different species

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Parasitism

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One species benefits at the expense of another

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Mutualism

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Two organisms live together and help each other

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Keystone Species

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One species that an ecosystem relies on the balanceresources and population

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Biological Complexity Order

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Biosphere -- Biome -- Ecosystem -- Community -- Population -- Individual

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Biosphere

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All living things on Earth e.g: lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere

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Biome

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Largest geographic communities that can be recognised, categorised by physical factors.

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Ecosystem

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Living things and physical environment; classified by abiotic and biotic factors

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Autotrophs

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Produces food that an ecosystem is based around through photosynthesis

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Heterotrophs

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Get energy and matter from autotrophs

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Photosynthesis

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Transfer of light energy into chemical energy by plants

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Energy Process

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Inputs -- Processing -- Outputs (& storage)

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Trophic Level

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Each link in a food chain

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Trophic Level Orders

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Producer -- 1st Order Consumer -- 2nd Order Consumer -- 3rd Order Consumer -- Apex Predator

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Amount of Energy lost from each Trophic Level

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10%

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Food Web

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Feeds on a variety of animals

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Ecological Pyramids

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Number of creatures and amount of organic matter; shows the amount of energy transferred

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Carbon Cycle

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Nitrogen Cycle

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Biological Species Concept

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A species continues because it can interbreed

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Hybrid

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An organism created when two different species interbreed

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Morphological Species Concept

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A species based on physical characteristics

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Domain

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1. Archaea and Bacteria

2. Eukarya

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Competitive Exclusion Principle

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Two species cannot live in the same niche for a long time

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Kingdom

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Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

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Phylogenetic Species Concept

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The smallest group of individuals sharing a common ancestor

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Commensalism

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One animal benefits while the other is not impacted