C1-2
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, and Biosphere.
What are the Levels of Ecological Organization?
a group of organisms of the same species living in the same place
what is population?
the total amount of variation of life on Earth.
what is biodiversity?
the process of ecological change in an ecosystem where one community is replaced by another community over time.
What is ecological succession?
a relationship between organisms fighting for the same limited resource.
What is competition?
The movement of a particular form of matter through the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem
What are Biogeochemical Cycles?
the special distribution of organisms in a population.
what is population dispersion?
increase food productivity
what is the goal of agricultural technology?
the first organisms to grow in a new environment.
what is a pioneer species?
a species that holds the ecosystem together; is critical for the survival of other species in the ecosystem.
What is a keystone species?
What are the characteristics of life?
A graphic representation of mortality patterns
what is a survivorship curve?
to increase manufacturing efficiency, transportation, and communication
What is the goal of industrial technology?
a mature and stable community of plants and animals
what is a climax community?
Interspecific and intraspecific
What are the two forms of competition?
Photosynthesis, cellular respiration, consumption, decomposition, fossilization, and combustion.
What is the Carbon cycle?
The theoretical maximum population that a given environment could support
what is carrying capacity?
to provide “clean” energy to power society without negatively influencing the atmosphere
What is the goal of Alternative energy technology?
an ecosystem that remains relatively constant, with predictable changes.
what is a stable ecosystem?
Any interaction that involves a close, physical, long term relationship between two species.
What is symbiosis?
Nitrogen fixation, consumption, decomposition, ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification
What is the Nitrogen cycle?
Constant loss, mortality unaffected by age, a straight diagonal line on a graph.
What is type 2 survivorship curve?
CO2 (carbon dioxide), O2 (oxygen), CH4 (methane), H2O (water)
which gases are green house gases?
Primary succession: formation of a brand new ecosystem.
Secondary succession: recovery of an old ecosystem.
what are the two types of succession and what are their definitions?
Parasitism, commensalism, mutualism.
What are the three types of symbiosis?