Ecology
What is ecology?
The study of interactions between Organisms and there environment
What is a renewable resource?
Something that can be replenished indefinitely
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of individuals that an environment can support
What is a food web?
A model that demonstrates the flow of energy in a ecosystem
What Makes up an ecosystem?
organisms, climate, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area
What are the three big ways we play a role in wildlife management?
Hunting and fishing, Surveys, Revenue from hunting licenses
What are the two types of population growth?
Exponential and logistic
What are the two organisms that make food webs work?
Autotrophs and heterotrophs
True or false: an ecosystem includes both abiotic and biotic factors
True
What are the four wildlife management practices for healthy environments?
Predator control, Controlling or preventing disease and its spread, Hunting regulations, Habitat improvement
What is the difference between immigration and emigration?
Immigration- movement of individuals into a population from another population
Emigration- movement of individuals out of a population and into another population
What are the three consumers?
Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
What is ecological succession?
The series of changes in an ecosystem where one type of ecosystem is replaced with another
What is the difference between an invasive species and threatened or endangered species?
Invasive species - an animal or plant that does not belong in a certain habitat
Threatened or endangered- an animal, plant or any other organism that is on the verge of extinction
Describe a species that have rapid life history patterns?
Small body size, mature rapidly, reproduce early, and have short life spans
What do scavengers and decomposers do?
Scavengers-eat dead organisms
Decomposers- break down dead organisms causing them to rot
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships in an ecosystem?
Commensalism , parasitism, mutualism
What Is The Difference Between Conservation And preservation?
Conservation- wise use of natural resources, without wasting them
Preservation-saving natural resources, but with no consumptive use of them, such as by outlawing hunting of endangered species
What describes species that have a long life history pattern?
They live in stable environments, reproduces and matures slowly and have long lives, large bodied species, exhibit a lot of parental care
What is trophic level?
A feeding step in a food chain that allows the passage of material and energy