Ecology & Population Eco.
The variety of organisms considered at all levels, from populations to ecosystem
What is biodiversity
Water Cycle is driven by the _____ for energy
What is the sun
Term for the amount of carbon emitted and its environmental impact
What is the ecological (carbon) footprint
Recovery of an old ecosystem
What is secondary succession
The actual area in the ecosystem where an organisms lives, including all of its abiotic and biotic resources
Type of population growth where population grows quickly at first and then levels off
What is logistic growth
Part of the water cycle when some water seeps underground from the surface of the Earth
What is infiltration
Resources that are produced or replenished more quickly than they are consumed
What are renewable resources
Pioneer species of primary succession
What are mosses and lichen
All of the things an organism needs and does within its habitat
What is a niche
When limiting factors regulate population growth regardless of its size or density
What is density independend
Part of the carbon cycle when CO2 is released into atmosphere from burning
What is combustion
The normal warming effect when gases trap heat in the atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect
A mature and stable community of plants and animals
What is a climax community
A species that holds the ecosystem together; it is critical for the survival of the other species in the ecosystem
What is a keystone species
Tool used for identifying organisms based on their characteristics
What is a dichotomous key
Part of the nitrogen cycle when bacteria (or lightning!) in the soil or water convert nitrogen (from the air or water) into forms that plants can use
Goal of agricultural technology
What is increase food productivity
The goal of pioneer species in primary succession
To break down rock into soil
Where competition is occurring between different species
What is interspecific competition
Multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics but are located in different parts of the planet
What is a biome
What is most important living organism in converting nitrogen to different forms
What is bacteria
______ deplete the ozone layer and are created from foam packing material and refrigerant
What are CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
A forest fire would trigger what kind of succession
What is secondary succession
What type of relationship is parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism?
What is symbiosis