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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the organization of ecological systems from smallest to largest |
Organism, population, community, ecosystem |
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This is the smallest living unit |
Organism |
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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same habitat |
Population |
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Interacting groups of populations of organisms |
Community |
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All interacting organisms in an area and their interactions with their abiotic surroundings |
Ecosystem |
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Plants that convert sunlight into energy is an example of a |
Producer/autotroph |
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These obtain energy from organic matter |
Consumers/heterotrophs |
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What are the kinds of organism interactions |
Predation, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism, competition |
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One animal captures, kills, and eats another is...(+/-) |
Predation |
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One organism derives nourishment by living in or on another organism (+/-) |
Parasitism |
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One organism benefits while the other is not effected (+/ø) |
Commensalism |
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Organisms living in close association and both benefit (+/+) |
Mutualism |
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Interaction between organism in which both are harmed to some extent because both require a resource that is in short supply |
Competition |
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What are environmental factors in aquatic ecosystems? |
Nature of bottom substrate, water temp, ability of sunlight to penetrate water, depth of water |
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This has high salt content or high salinity... |
Marine |
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Low salt content, standing water (lakes, ponds, reservoirs) or running water (streams/rivers) |
Freshwater |
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Shallow, partially enclose area where freshwater enters ocean and salinity varies... |
Estuaries |
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How are humans effecting he global ecosystem? |
Habitat destruction, climate change, pollution, consumption |
