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study of interactions between organisms
study of interactions among organisms |
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| the planet! land, air, and water |
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| group of organisms similar to eachother that can breed and produce offspring |
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| a group of individuals in the same species |
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| different populations living in the same area |
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| collection of all organisms that live in a certain area |
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| a group of ecosystems with the same climate and communities |
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| observation, experimentation, and modeling |
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| organisms that use energy from environment to fuel inorganic compounds |
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| organisms that capture energy from sunlight and chemical energy |
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| when autotrophs use light energy to power chemical reactions |
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hydrogen sulfide + oxygen = sulfur compound
cells make carbos using Co2 |
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| organisms that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply |
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| plant, animal, and dead organism eaters |
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| break down organic matter |
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| a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating or being eaten |
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| links all food chains in an ecosystem together |
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| each level in a food chain |
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| diagram that shows relative amounts of energy contained within each trophic level |
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| total amount of living tissue in a trophic level |
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| what every organism needs to sustain life |
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| substance in an ecosystem that is limited by a single, scarce nutrient |
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| day to day condition of Earth's atmosphere at the certain time and place |
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| average year after year conditions of temperature and precipitation |
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| the natural situation in which heat is retained by the layer of greenhouse gases like Co2 and methane |
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| cold areas that the sun hits at low angles |
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| areas that experience all four season, between polar and tropic zones |
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| near the equator, direct sunlight year round |
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| organisms and how they are influenced within an ecosystem |
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| nonliving factors that shape ecosystems |
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| the area in which an organism lives |
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| characteristics of an environment and how organisms adapt to their environments |
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| any necessity of life (food, water light..) |
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| competitive exclusion principle |
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| the rule that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time |
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| when one organism captures and feeds on another |
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| any relationship in which two species live closely together |
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| when both species benefit from the relationship |
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| when one member benefits from the relationship whie the other is not harmed |
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| one organism feeds off another organism and harms it |
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| one organism feeds off another organism and harms it |
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| series of predictable changes that occur over time in a community |
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| series of predictable changes that occur over time in a community |
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| succession that occurs on surfaces where no soil exists |
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| first species to populate an area |
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| when an ecosystem restores itself after human disturbance has occured |
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| a complex of terrestrial communities that cover a large area and have common features |
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| ability to survive and reproduce under conditions that differ from their original conditions |
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| climate in a small area that differs from the climate around it |
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| hot and wet year round, South & Central America, sloths and jaguars |
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| warm year round, parts of Africa, Mexico, and India, tigers, elephants, and termites |
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| warm temperatures, seasonal rainfall, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, east Africa & South BraziL |
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| low rainfall, Africa, Asia, Middle East, mountain lions, bobcats |
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| warm summer, cold winter, central Asia, North America, coyotes, grizzly bears, bison |
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| dry summers, cool, moist winters, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, salamanders, West Coast |
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| all seasons, year round rainfall, deer, beetle, black bear, US, Canada, Japan |
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| mild temps, good amount of rain rain, elk , deer, California and canada |
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| cold winter, moderate rainfall, lynxes, moose, beavers, North America |
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| cold, strong wind, low rainfall, ox, foxes, snowy owL, caribuo, northern North America |
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| tiny, free floating organisms in water |
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| animals that feed on phytoplankton |
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| ecosystem in which water covers soil or is present at or near surface at least part of the year |
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| wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea |
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| tiny pieces of organic material that provide food for organisms at the base of estuary food webs |
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| temperate-zone estuaries dominated by salt tolerant grasses |
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| prominent horizontal banding of organisms that live in a certain habitat |
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| extends from low tide to the shallow border that surrounds continents |
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| giant, brown alga that grow underwater |
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| organisms that live attatched to or near the bottom of the ocean |
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