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| When organisms are affected by changes in habitat |
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| Changes in an ecosystem result from changes in which four factors? |
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| Climate, Human activity, Population, and Introduction of nonnative species |
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| How do the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death each affect the size of populations? |
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| The relative rates affect the size of populations because population sizes of any organism in an ecosystem decreases through decreased rates of birth and immigration and increased rates of emigration and death |
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| A vital part of an ecosystem is the ________ of its _____________ and __________ |
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Stability
Producers
Decomposers |
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| At each link in a food web some _______ is stored in newly made _________ but much of it is __________ into the environment as ____________ |
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Energy
Structures
Released
Heat |
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| What is an ENERGY PYRAMID? |
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| A visual representation of the amount of energy and energy loss in ecosystems. The sunlight divides by 10 as you go up |
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| What is Batesian mimicry? |
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| When a harmless prey blends in with a poisonous animal. |
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| What is Mullerian mimicry? |
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| When a prey mimics the poison mark of another |
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| What is cryptic coloration? |
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Definition
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| When organisms have light undersides and dark backs. |
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| What is special resemblance? |
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| When an organism not only resembles it's color, but also its SHAPE. Usually a twig, stick, grass, or leaf |
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| One species benefits and the other is not affected +/0 |
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Both species benefit from each other
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One species benefits, and one is harmed
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Both animals are harmed
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Neither animal is affected
0/0 |
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One is harmed and the other is not affected
-/0 |
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| What are the 6 types of ecological interactions between organisms? |
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| Commensalism, Mutualism, Parasitism/Predation, Competition, Neutralism, Amensalism |
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| Changes in form to avoid being eaten |
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| No two individuals of a species are identical. |
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| What are four abiotic factors? |
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| Light, Soil, Gases, Water |
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| The non-living part of the ecosystem is called |
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