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| ecosystems with similar plants, animals, soil climate |
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| 60-70N, -50-80c, permafrost, cold, dry, lichen, arctic fox |
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| 50-60N, -40-20c, wildfires, forest, needles, ermine, snowshoe rabbit |
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| temperate deciduous forest |
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| 34-50N/S, -30-30C, changing seasons, loses leaves, broadleaf forests to captures sun, white tailed deer and rattlesnake |
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| 18-35N/S, 18-50C, rocky sandy soil, little plant life, cactus and joshura tree, vulture and fox |
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| open ocen, seashore, greatly varied temperature, high salinity, very productive, seaweed, kelp |
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| streams, lakes, rivers, greatly varied temperature, little salt but nutrients, lilly pads, fish |
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| behavioral or physical changes an organism makes to be more successful in its biome |
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| the state an organism enters which slows all metabolic functions to near minimum for an extended period |
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| movement of an organism, typically a long distance, in response to changes its environment |
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| A period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and activity are temporarily stopped |
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| general weather pattern of an area |
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| pulls everything toward the surface, including air |
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| varies with intensity of sunlight |
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| amount of rain, snow, sleet etc an area receives |
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| non-living chemical and physical factors that affect ecosystems (light, temperature, water quality, soil, pressure) |
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| living things that shape an organism (producers, consumers, decomposers) |
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| a group of organisms sharing an ecosystem--close enough to interact |
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| a complex set of relationships, made up of all organisms, abiotic and biotic components of their environment |
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| a linked sequence in a food web that starts with something that eats nothing else and ends with something that is not eaten by anything else |
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| shows the feeding connections in an ecological community |
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| the area inhabited by a particular species of plant or animal |
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| the factor that ultimately controls a population growth--can be biotic or abiotic. only one for any particular place or time at once |
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| a count of all the organisms that belong to the same species and live in the same area |
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| predator-prey interaction |
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| a hunting organism that feeds on an attacked organism |
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| made up of the abiotic characteristics of water--temperature, dissolved O2, pH, conductivity, nitrate, etc |
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| affected by moving water, temperature, photosynthesis, algae bloom. the most important abiotic factor for water quality |
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| a measure of liquid acidity--lower = more acid. lowered by decomposition or respiration, increased by mineral content and photosynthesis. 6.5-8.2 best for fish and other organisms |
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| the act of taking in oxygen and carbohydrates and releasing carbon dioxide, water, and energy |
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| the act of taking in carbon dioxide, water, and energy and releasing oxygen and sugar |
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| measure of dissolved solids. increased by minerals, fertilizers, road salt, acid rain, sewage. decreased by filtering these |
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| nitrogen combined with oxygen in water--necessary for plants and animals to live. increased by bacteria, sewage, animal waste; lowered as absorbed by plants |
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| excessive nitrates lead algae to cover the surface, killing plants underneath, resulting in decomposing algae which lower dissolved O2, killing fish and other organisms |
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| produced by animal waste, plant decomposition, overfeeding. any level other than zero kills organisms |
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| dissolved gases vs temperature |
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| decreasing relationship (inversely correlated) |
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| dissolved CO2 vs photosynthesis |
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| decreasing relationship (inversely correlated) |
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| increasing relationship (correlated) |
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| increasing relationship (correlated) |
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| decreasing relationship (inversely correlated) |
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| conductivity vs dissolved solids |
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| increasing relationship (correlated) |
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| dissolved oxygen vs decomposers |
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| decreasing relationship (inversely correlated) |
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| a self feeding organism, creating complex organic compounds from inorganic chemical reactions or from sunlight |
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| organisms which eat other organisms |
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| organisms which break down dead or decaying organisms--bacteria, fungi, worms, snails |
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| allows carbon to be recycled and re-used...plants absorb CO2 via photosynthesis and emit oxygen. animals breath oxygen to live, and eat plants (carbon) to make tissues, exhale carbon as the breathe, and return carbon to the soil when they die...these atoms used in a new plants |
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| aka the ecological pyramid, which shows biomass at each tropic level in an ecosystem |
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| nitrification through bacteria changes N2 and ammonia into nitrates, are consumed by organisms, which when they die, release the N2 |
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| Excess water not used by plants is absorbed into the atmosphere (transpiration), collects into clouds as water vapor, eventually becomes rain (precipitation), collects into lakes and oceans as excess water |
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| the eyepiece (microscope part) |
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| where you put the slide (microscope part) |
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| coarse adjustment (microscope part) |
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| used to focus first when using low power |
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| diaphragm (microscope part) |
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| controls the light that can go through the stage |
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| base and arm (microscope part) |
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| where you carry a microscope |
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| fine adjustment (microscope part) |
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| used to focus when the high power objective is in place |
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| stage clips (microscope part) |
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| used to hold the slide in place |
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| multiplication of the magnification power of the eyepiece lens and the objective lens |
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| organelles which used CO2, H2O to form sugar and give off O2 |
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| protects the cell from damage, provides shape and controls growth |
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| small opening which allow raw materials (gas) and products to enter and exit a cell |
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| chemical found in chloroplasts that absorbs light to help produce oxygen |
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| protect the stomata and control their size |
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| cell layer that does photosynthesis |
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| cell layer that exchanges gases |
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| allows water to move within a leaf |
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| word equation for photosynthesis |
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| water+carbon dioxide+light = glucose (sugar) and oxygen |
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| the raw materials in a chemical reaction (like photosynthesis) |
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| the output of a chemical reaction (like photosynthesis) |
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| what joins atoms together |
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| glucose (chemical equation) |
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| water (chemical equation) |
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| carbon dioxide (chemical equation) |
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| oxygen (chemical equation) |
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| a unique role played by an organism in an ecosystem |
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| fighting for the best food, best mate, best nesting place, etc |
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| the relative place an animal occupies in its species, based on age, gender, size, plumage, intelligence, energy use, money making potential, |
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| a very close relationship between two different species |
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| a symbiotic relationship that benefits one species while harming the other |
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| a symbiotic relationship that benefits one species while neither harming or helping the other |
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| a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit |
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| a large group of animals moving in a like way--land, air, sea |
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| the need for an animal species to mark, occupy, and defend an area |
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| chemical used to indicate presence of CO2 |
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| BTB changes from blue to yellow |
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| BTB goes from lighter to darker blue |
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| where cellular respiration occurs |
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| biotic components which provide energy. Usually carbohydrates, proteins, or fats |
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| environments which combine land and water, is often flooded. acts as a filter for water |
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| the predictable way an ecosystem recovers after after a disturbance like a fire, flood |
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| submerged aquatic vegetation |
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| beds where water plants live, which need sunlight that can only be provided through clear water (filtered by oysters) |
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| a species which is integral to an ecosystem and without which many species would die (e.g. oysters in the Chesapeake) |
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