ecology populations review. define ecology the study of the interaction of living organisms with...
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Ecology Populations Review
• Define ecology
• The study of the interaction of living organisms with each other in their physical environment.
• What is a group of species or organisms called?
• A population
• What are a group of different populations called?
• A community
• What are a group of different communities called?
• An ecosystem or biome
• What are a group of ecosystems or biomes called?
• The biosphere
• List five abiotic and biotic factors of a community.
• Biotic: Abiotic:• Plants Soil• Animals Water• Bacteria Temperature• Decomposers (fungi) Energy
• Algae
• What is a habitat?
• The place where a organism lives
• What is a niche?
• Where, what and when an organism lives. It is it’s role in the habitat.
• The organisms that make nutrients are called________________.
• Producers (autotrophs)
• What is biomass?
• The total of all the weight of all the organisms
• Name an herbivore.
• A cow
• Name a carnivore
• A lion
• What is an omnivore?
• An organism that eats both plants and other animals.
• How is nitrogen released back into the environment after an organism dies?
• It has to go through decomposition to be released
• What is a food web?
• A series of interacting organisms that feed off of each other.
• What are the levels of the food chain called?
• Trophic levels
• Which level of the food chain has the smallest biomass?
• The top predator
• Where on the food chain will the producers be found?
• The bottom
• What percent of energy is lost at each trophic level of a food chain?
• 10%
• Water, carbon dioxide/oxygen, nitrogen are all examples of ________________ cycles
• biogeochemical
• Which cycle contains precipitation, transpiration, and evaporation
• The water cycle
• Why do humans and all organisms need nitrogen in their diets?
• To make proteins
• What is the source of coal, oil and natural gas?
• From once living things:• Coal: plants• Oil: decomposed dinosaurs, marine animals• Natural gas: underground microorganisms
• What negative impact do humans have on the carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle?
• Clear cutting• Burning
• What has helped the human population go into an exponential growth?
• Better health care• Better nutrition• Better living conditions
• Explain what the carrying capacity of a population is.
• Births equal deaths, the population stabilizes
• What was the impact of the agricultural revolution on population?
• It increased dramatically
What type of graph is this?
• exponential
• What is the correlation between this type of graph and limiting factors?
• There aren’t many limiting factors preventing growth.
Which year has the greatest human population growth?