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Bio Test 3
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
03/27/2010

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Term
Ecosystem Ecology
Definition
a group of communities in the same area at the same time
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Processes
Definition

- Concerned with energy and nutient cycles with the system

-inputs and outputs

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Gross primary productivity
Definition
all the photosynthetic energy produced in an area
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Primary Prodcutivity
Definition
includes that energy used and stored by plants
Term
Why are Big gierce animals rare?
Definition

it takes alot of food to support them

 

it takes a lot of energy to support them

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A biomass pyramid
Definition

Top- carnivores (large mouth bass)

 

decomposers

 

Herbivores

 

primary producers

 

 

 

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Nitrogen Cycle
Definition

Nitrogen is in the atmosphere

 

Lightning- takes nitrogen out

 

nitrogen in the air doesn't give us a benefit

 

78% of air is nitrogen that we breathe

 

animals eating plants gets rid of nitrogen

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Phosphorus
Definition

major in soil

 

gets out from plants taking the stuff up

Term
us population
Definition

308,872,014

 

 

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World population
Definition
6,808, 641,036
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Industrial revoluation changing population
Definition
increased life and increased standard
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How long did it take for the world to reach it's 1st billion
Definition
2 million years
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Where does population increase most?
Definition
undeveloped regions
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