The scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment
What is Ecology?
100
The movement of individuals away from centers of high population density or from their area of origin
What is dispersion?
100
This type of abiotic factor can affect biological processes, such as the freezing of cells or denaturing of proteins if too high or low
What is temperature?
100
This consists of patterns on the global, regional, and local level
What is macroclimate?
100
This portion of a body of water has sufficient light for photosynthesis
What is the photic zone?
200
The study of how an organism’s structure, physiology, and (for animals) behavior meet environmental challenges
What is Organismal Ecology?
200
Another name for living factors that influence distribution.
What is biotic?
200
This is another important abiotic factor and most organisms that live in areas lacking in it have adapted (e.g. cacti, camels)
What is water?
200
This consists of very fine patterns, such as those encountered by the community of organisms underneath a fallen log
What is microclimate?
200
This area of a body of water receives less amount of sunlight
What is the aphotic zone?
300
The focus on factors affecting how many individuals of a species live in an area
What is Population Ecology?
300
The name for non-living factors that determine distribution.
What is abiotic?
300
This abiotic factor is regulated by organisms through the process of osmosis, and many terrestrial animals could not survive in areas with this characteristic.
What is salinity?
300
This area receives more heat and light per unit of surface area than those of higher altitudes
What are the tropics?
300
The organic and inorganic sediment at the bottom of all aquatic zones
What is the benthic zone?
400
A group of populations of different species in an area
What is a community?
400
These include organisms that are intentionally or accidentally relocated from their original distribution and can disrupt the communities or ecosystems to which they have been introduced
What is species transplants?
400
The amount and intensity of this abiotic factor is important, especially for those of the photosynthetic nature.
What is sunlight?
400
This plays a major part in determining the Earth’s climate patterns
What is sunlight intensity?
400
The communities of organisms in the benthic zone are collectively called this
What is benthos?
500
The community of organisms in an area and the physical factors with which they interact
What is an ecosystem?
500
This particular form of abiotic factor is very important, especially to those organisms who require high amounts of photosynthesis for meeting energy needs
What is sunlight?
500
This abiotic factor can be affected by such things as pH, mineral composition, and overall physical structure (two words)
What are rocks and soil?
500
Seasonal variations of light and temperature increase steadily toward these
What are the poles?
500
This is dead organic matter that falls from the productive surface water and is an important source of food