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| What is the Primary goal of Ecology? |
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Definition
| understand the Distribution and Abundance of Organisms |
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| What are the two primary physical structures that limit D+A? |
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Definition
Aquatic organisms: Water Depth
Terrestrial Organisms: Climate |
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| What are the four types of Ecology? |
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Definition
| Organism, Population, Community, and Ecosystem |
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| Describe The lowest level of Ecology |
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Definition
Organismal Ecology
Exploring Morphological, Physiological, and Behavioral adjustments to survive in an area |
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Term
Describe the second level of Ecology
Example? |
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Definition
Population Ecology
Undertanding how the population size changes over time
-Breeding |
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Describe the Third level of Ecology
What are three examples? |
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Definition
Community Ecology
Understanding how species interact with each other and the consequences of those interactions
1. Predation
2. Parasitism
3. Competition |
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| Describe Ecosystem Ecology |
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Definition
Includes abiotic factors
Understanding how energy and nutrients are passed from organism to organism |
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| Why are Salmon good to study for ecology? |
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Definition
they live in fresh and salt water
they are sensitive to changes in the water. |
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| What are the three physical factors that affect Aquatic D+A? |
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Definition
1. Water Depth
2. Water Flow
3. Nutrient Availability |
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Term
Explain Nutrient Availability
What two events affect it? |
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Definition
Limits growth rates of Photosynthetic plants
1. Water Upwelling
2. Lake Turnover |
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Definition
| Movement and strength of water affects how organisms interact |
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Term
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Definition
Light is scattered
affects productivity
-amount of Carbon Fixation per year by photosynthesis |
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Term
Describe a Biome
how is it defined? |
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Definition
Major groups of plant and animal communities
defined by vegetation |
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| What is the difference between climate and weather? |
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Definition
Climate is a long term description
Weather is a short term description |
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Definition
Short-term atmospheric conditions of temperature, moisture, sunlight, and wind
S.T.W.M. |
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Definition
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What two conditions of weather are the most important
why? |
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Definition
Temperature and Moisture
determines plant D+A |
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Term
How does the nature of a Biome develop?
2 things |
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Definition
1. Avg. Temperature and Precipitation
2. Annual variation in temperature and Precipitation |
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Term
| Describe Net Primary Productivity |
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Definition
Total amount of Carbon fixed
minus Cellular Respiration |
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| Describe the aboveground Biomass |
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Definition
| Mass of plants excluding their roots |
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Term
Describe a Hadley Cell
What type of air makes regions more wet than other regions? |
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Definition
Major cycles in global air circulation
Rising air |
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Term
| Describe Adiabatic Cooling |
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Definition
air goes up, temp and density is lowered
air goes toward equater, density and temp rise |
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Term
| Why does the earth have seasons? |
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Definition
| because the earth is tilted 23.5o |
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Term
What affects regional climate the most?
why? |
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Definition
mountain ranges
causes rain shadows by causing rainfall prematurely |
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| Describe Oceans' affect on regional climate |
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Definition
absorbs heat in summer
releases heat in winter |
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