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Describes living factors in the environment
Ex: Plants, trees, kangaroos, birds, fish |
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Describes the nonliving part of the environment
Ex: water, rocks, light, temperature |
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1. Organism (a living thing which is also known as a biotic creature)
2. Population (a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area)
3. Community (all the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other)
4. Ecosystem (a community of organisms and their abiotic environment)
5. Biosphere (the part of Earth where life exists) |
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| Produce their own food from the sun (plants) |
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| Have a mouth, eat producers or other consumers |
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| Fungi and Bacteria, release nitrogen and carbon, break down producers and consumers into nutrients for the surrounding environment |
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The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as the result of feeding patterns of a series of organisms
Ex: Producer--> Consumer--> Decomposer |
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| Several food chains, many possible flows of energy interacting |
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| They show the transfer of energy from one organism to the next |
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| An organism that eats all or part of another organism, eats and hunts |
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| An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism, eaten and hunted |
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| The largest population that an environment can support at any given time |
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| Fighting between organisms to get things they need to survive in an environment |
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1. Mutualism (+/+)
2. Commensalism (+/0)
3. Parasitism (+/-) |
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1. Herbivores
2. Carnivores
3. Omnivores |
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| When is food a limiting factor? |
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| When the population is too large for the amount of food available |
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| Contained in all biotic things and some abiotic things, get it through eating plants |
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Put into the soil:
1. lightning
2. bacteria fixation
3. decomposition
Most animals get nitrogen by eating plants
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| Community of plants to several species, grow on bare rock |
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Due to a disruption, plant species begin to grow in an area where soil already exists
Ex: fire, flood, broken lawn mower |
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| First plant to grown on bare rock in Primary Succession, fast growth (lichen will also grow fast) |
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| Must be transformed so plants can use the nitrogen |
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Carries energy for the cell
Released into the atmosphere:
1. Respiration
2. Combustion
3. Decomposition
Taken from the atmosphere:
1. Photosynthesis in plants |
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| Job of Bacteria in the Soil |
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| Transforms nitrogen gas into a form that plants can use |
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Well-adapted plant species to grow in a mature (old) forest
(big giant trees) |
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| Materials Photosynthesis Needs and Releases |
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Needs:
1. carbon dioxide
2. water
3. sun energy
Makes:
1. glucose (sugar)
2. oxygen |
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| Matter (carbon, water, nitrogen) moves between... |
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| Biotic and Abiotic things |
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| Can humans affect cycles in nature? List 7 ways. |
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Yes.
Ways:
1. Combustion
2. Pollution
3. Cutting down forests
4. Camping
5. Landfills
6. Hunting
7. Farming |
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