Ecosystems
A marine or freshwater ecosystem with a characteristic biotope and biocenosis
Aquatic Ecosystem
In all ecosystems, elements and organisms depend on one another. We can say they are __________
Interconnected
Salmon and eels live in the sea and in rivers. Maintaining salt concentrations in their internal fluids despite change in environment is an example of what type of adaptation?
Salinity Adaptation
Zone in which a species can grow faster, have more descendants, and survive more successsfully
Optimal Zone
Physical area in which an organism lives
Habitat
A Cold, Temperate, or Hot Ecosystem is what kind?
Terrestrial Ecosystem
The biotic component of an ecosystem that comprises all the living things in a specific place, and their relationships
Biocenosis/Biocommunity
Adaptations for limited oxygen in high mountains or to deep underwater habitats for fish help these animals with what abiotic factor?
Pressure
Factors concerned with the relationship between living things in an ecosystem, that also regulate population numbers
Biotic factors
Habitats can be both extremely large and very
Small
An area with a similar climate, vegetation, and fauna is called what?
A biome
An ecosystem's abiotic component, including its physical location and its physical and chemical properties, including light, temperature, pressure, humidity, and salinity.
Biotope
Small, hard leaves, well-developed roots, and tissue accumulation all help plants retain what?
Water/Humidity
Organisms that can live within a wide range of environmental factors
Eurytopic organisms
Barn Owls and Golden Eagles both feed on small rodents, but they occupy different ______?
Ecological niches
The study of the relationships between organisms and the way organisms relate to their environment is called what?
Ecology
The ecosystem covering the entire Earth
Ecosphere
Animals that have insulating structures such as feathers, hair, or a layer of fat below the skin to help them resist the cold
Ectothermic Animals
Biotic and abiotic factors that regulate the growth and spread of a species
Limiting Factors
How a species occupies a physical space, the species' lifestyle, and the species' function in the ecosystem
Ecological Niche
This refers to what comprises all living things and environmental factors in a specific area, and the relationships that exist between them
Ecosystem
Areas between different ecosystems
Animals of this type might have a "light adaptation" of large, dark eyes to help them see in the dark
Nocturnal Animals
Organisms that can only live within a narrow range of environmental conditions
Stenotopic Organisms
Biotic and Abiotic factors