Ecosystems
Can more than one organism live in the same ecosystem?
YES
A group of things that work together?
What is an important system control?
Feeeback
What is a model?
Pattern, plan, or description designed to show the structure or working of an idea.
The Earth is filled of smaller systems called
Biospheres
An ecosystem is a collection of ___.
Habitats
Where all living things both exist and interact
Biosphere
Is the human body an open, closed, or isolated system?
What is an emergent property?
a property that a system has but that its individual component parts do not have
Define homeostasis
Constant internal conditions in an organism(stays the same)
What is symbiosis?
Two or more different organism species living in director contact with one another.
Ecosystem
Biotic and abiotic components in a given area
Inputs include
Energy, matter and information
Give an example of an emergent property?
DNA carries different genetic codes and when combined, it is a code of information for proteins
Although biomes are categorized separately, they are still ___.
Define biodiversity
A number of species found within a specific area
Measure of the number of different species found within a specific area
Outputs are generated
The scuba gear being used as a breathing apparatus is the input and the scuba diver is the output.
Input oxygen>output carbon dioxide
What is a biome?
Distribution of organisms, characterized by specific climate conditions and plant communities
Difference between biotic and abiotic
Biotic- living components
Abiotic- nonliving components
Difference between resilience and resistance
resilience- ability of an ecosystem to recover
resistance- ability of an ecosystem to resist
Difference between an open, closed, and isolated system
Open- in/outputs flow into and out of the system
Closed- flow of one or more in/outputs is limited
Isolated- All in/outputs are contained within the system
Name the FIVE systems for Earth
1. Geosphere
2. Hydrosphere
3. Biosphere
4. Atmosphere
5. Anthrosphere
What can make up a biome?
Different ecosystems