People
Who started the idea of natural selection- organic evolution?
Charles Darwin
Define ecology.
Study of life
Does photosynthesis contribute to ecology?
Solar radiation is made available through the process.
What type of animal eats a variety of foods?
Generalists
Why do we study ecology?
Provides new knowledge between people and nature.
Who wrote the Sand County Almanac?
Aldo Leopold
Define autotroph.
An organism that can produce its own food
What % of energy is passed up to each trophic level?
10%
What type of animals eat few to one type of food?
Specialists
Who wrote Silent Spring?
Rachel Carson
Which scientist is best known for discovering bacteria and developing microscopes, concept of the food chain?
Antony van Leeiwenhoek
Define niche.
The role, or way of life of a species within its environment.
What is carrying capacity?
The greatest population an ecosystem can support based on available resources
Biosphere, biome, ecosystems, community, population, species
What are the levels of ecology?
Why are otters so important?
They are a keystone species and control the amount of urchins that eat the kelp
Who classified organisms as plant or animals?
Carl Linnaeus?
Define commensalism.
Only one species benefits without harming or benefitting the other.
What kinds of organisms are generally producers?
plants
What does it mean to be interdependence?
The survival of species that is dependent on other living organisms and nonliving.
What is the difference between ecology and ecosystem?
Ecology is the study between living organisms and their environment, ecosystem is the place where interactions between non-living and living things occur.
Who wrote the River of Grass and was an early proponent of Everglades conservation?
Marjorie Stoneman Douglass
Cover large areas and are characterized by their climate and the types of plants and animals that are found there
What are ecological principles?
Basic beliefs about ecosystems and how they function
Give an example of a niche. Explain
Hawk and owl. Owls hunt during the night, hawks hunt during the day. If two species occupy the same niche they would constantly be in competition.
Why does Lopez like kelp so much
its cool as heck, duh