Vocab 1
A diagram showing many food chains interacting with one another
Food Web
Plants remove Carbon from the atmosphere through this process
Photosynthesis
A group of individual zebras in the same place at the same time would be considered what?
A population
All the energy on Earth originates from _____________________.
the sun
The relationship between ticks and dogs can be described as being what kind of relationship
Parasitic
All the living things in one ecosystem
Community
This is a type of Human Impact where urban development breaks up the living spaces of organisims
Habitat Fragmentation
This type of population growth grows with no limit
Exponential (J-curve) growth
The % of energy that is lost to metabolism/heat at each trophic level
90%
Bees and Flowers provide help to one another. This is considered what kind of symbiosis?
Mutualism
The job or function of an organism within its ecosystem
Niche
Carbon Dioxide, Methane, and propane are types of gases that help to trap UVA and UVB rays within our atmosphere. In excess, they can make the earth warmer. This is called...
The Greenhouse Effect
In a logistical growth model, the graph ends in a leveling out called
Carrying Capacity
Organisms that produce their own food are called ________________.
Autotrophs
Nemo and his sea anemone care considered to be in what kind of relationship?
Commensalism
A relationship between 2 organisms of the same species competing for the same resource
Intra-specific (intra-species) Competition
List three processes that move carbon through the spheres
Respiration, Photosynthesis, Combustion, Decomposition, Ocean uptake
A factor that appears in a population when the density is high
Density-Dependent Factor
Bears have adapted to be able to eat both insects and fruits. This would mean that bears would be considered ________________.
omnivores
A relationship between 2 organisms of different species competing for the same resource
Interspecific (Inter-species) competition
A feeding step in the passage of energy and material (hint: think steps of the energy pyramids)
Trophic level
The increase in PH of ocean water due to the absorption of too much carbon dioxide
Ocean Acidification
List 2 of each: Density-dependent
Density-Independent
DD- predators, food/water, disease, mates, shelter
DI- drought, storms, any natural disasters.
A species that is removed from a food web that will cause the entire web to collapse
Keystone species
Though taught in ecological relationships, this relationship is NOT symbiotic... or even a relationship
Predator - Prey