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42 notecards = 11 pages (4 cards per page)

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Ecology

front 1

Ecosystem

back 1

all the living and non-living organisms in a particular location

front 2

abiotic factors

back 2

non-living components in an ecosystem (water, soil, carbon dioxide,etc)

front 3

biotic factors

back 3

all the living components in an ecosystem (bacteria, protists, fungi, plants, animals)

front 4

Cellular respiration

back 4

the process that takes food energy and turn it into cellular energy, ATP

Glucose + Oxygen ---> ATP + Carbon Dioxide and Water

takes place in mitochondria

front 5

Photosynthesis

back 5

the process of taking in carbon dioxide and water and turning it into food for the plant (glucose) using the energy from the sun.

Carbon dioxide + water ---> glucose + oxygen

front 6

food chain

back 6

path of energy flow in an ecosystem

front 7

Source of all energy

back 7

the sun

front 8

chemosynthesis

back 8

process that makes food for an organism using inorganic materials (bacteria)

front 9

autotroph

back 9

also known as a producer

make own food in their body

uses photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

front 10

heterotroph

back 10

also known as a consumer

eaters other organisms for food

front 11

herbivore

back 11

organisms that eat plants

front 12

omnivore

back 12

organisms that eat plants and animals

front 13

carnivore

back 13

organism that eats other animals

front 14

detritivore

back 14

decomposer

eat dead or decaying materials

front 15

food web

back 15

interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

front 16

energy pyramid

back 16

shows the energy transfer through different trophic levels

only 10% of energy is transferred between trophic levels

front 17

habitat

back 17

where an organism lives within an ecosystem

front 18

niche

back 18

  • the role of an organism in their environment.
    • May include requirements for space, moisture, food, temperature, reproductive conditions.

front 19

competition

back 19

  • interaction of organisms to get food, water, shelter, mates, etc.

front 20

predation

back 20

  • the pursuit of other organisms as a food source

front 21

predator

back 21

organism that is hunting the prey for food

front 22

prey

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the food source for the predator

front 23

mutualism

back 23

  • two organisms that benefit from a relationship

front 24

commensalism

back 24

  • one organism benefits while the other receives no harm/benefit

front 25

parasitism

back 25

  • one organism benefits, one is harmed.

front 26

Limiting factors

back 26

biotic and abiotic factors that prevent a population from continually increasing

front 27

carrying capacity

back 27

max number of organisms an environment can support

front 28

emigration

back 28

organisms leaving a particular ecosystem

front 29

immigration

back 29

organisms moving into a particular ecosystem

front 30

biogeochemical cycles

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  • Cycles that circulate water, carbon and nitrogen from the non-living environment to living organisms and then back to the environment.

front 31

transpiration

back 31

water evaporating from leaves of plants through stomata.

front 32

combustion

back 32

  • burning of wood and fossil fuels that releases CO2

front 33

respiration

back 33

burn sugar to create ATP and release CO2

front 34

erosion

back 34

  • breakdown of limestone and release of carbon

front 35

decomposition

back 35

breakdown of wastes or decaying material, releases CO2

front 36

evaporation

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  • liquid water leaving the earth's surfaces and becoming water vapor in the atmosphere.

front 37

infiltration

back 37

  • water that seeps into the soil to become groundwater.

front 38

precipitation

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  • rain, sleet, snow, etc.

front 39

assimilation

back 39

absorption of and use of nitrogen to make organic compounds by plants.

front 40

ammonification

back 40

production of ammonia by bacteria during the decay process.

front 41

nitrification

back 41

production of nitrates from ammonia by Nitrifying bacteria. (nitrates can then be used by plants.)

front 42

denitrification

back 42

conversion of some nitrates into nitrogen gas by Denitrifying bacteria.