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30 Cards in this Set
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Ecology begins with Earth's only energy
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the sun
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Energy from the sun is stored in
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glucose
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Energy is stored in glucose's
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chemical bonds
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The organisms the produce energy through glucose are called?
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Producers
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These organisms feed on these producers
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consumers
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Only _____ % of energy is transferred to the consumers
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10
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The energy that is not transferred from the producers to the consumers is released as_______
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heat
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Heat is released during the process of _________
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cellular respiration
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A _______ includes all organisms
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Biosphere
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________ is a region with characteristic climate, soil, and biological ________
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Biome - communities
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Soil and water are examples of ____factors in a _______
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abiotic - ecosystem
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A group of organisms of the same species living in the same place make up a ________
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population
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If a population produces at a constant rate _______ occurs which makes a ____ shaped graph.
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exponential growth - "j"
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When resources are limited ____ growth occurs making a ____ shaped graph.
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logistic - "s"
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Which three cycles keep nutrients flowing?
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water, carbon, nitrogen
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What does the nitrogen cycle rely on to fix nitrogen gas into usable nitrates?
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Bacteria
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The carbon cycle includes _____ _______ and its opposite _________ .
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cellular respiration - photosynthesis
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Intersactions where both organisms benefit is _______ .
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Mutualism
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Interactions where a benefiting organism lives on or near another organism is called __________.
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commensalism
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______ includes parasites stealing nutrients from _____.
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Parasitism - hosts
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Photosynthesis, respiration, and decomposition are examples of _____ process in the carbon cycle.
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Biological
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The release of CO2 to the atmosphere by volcanoes is an example of _____ process.
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geochemical
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Total amount of living tissue with in a given tropic level
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biomass
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What does a pryamid number show?
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relative number of individual organisms
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What are the levels of organization?
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Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome
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WHat is the biome covering most of northern europe?
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Temperate forest
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Which biome has the largest difference between wettest and dryest months?
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Dry forest
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When an ecological disturbance removes all the soil...
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Primary succession
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When an ecological disturbance kills most life in an area but does not remove the soil...
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Scondary succession
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____ are a good pioneer species.
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Lichen
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