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APES test #2
Ecology
Question | Answer |
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Populations | Members of species interact in groups |
Community | Populations of different species in area |
Consumers | Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers, detrivores |
Aerobic resp | Opposite of photosynthesis |
Anaerobic resp | Breaks down glucose in absence of oxygen |
Rule of 90 | B/c of 2nd law, 90% of energy is lost in form of heat |
Indicator species | Sensitive, indicates health of ecosystem, canary, fish |
Keystone | Producers, bees |
Foundation | Allows for more diverse ecosystem, elephants. |
Founder / Pioneer | 1st to arrive in new area, lichen |
Succession | Primary- no soil, secondary- soil exists |
Climax community | No new communities |
Mutualism | Win/win, bees |
Commensalism | Win/nothing, NEMO and sea anenome |
Parasitism | Win/lose, |
Competition | Predator/prey |
Endemic species | Only one location, big, close island has hi diversity |
Eutrophication | High NPP |
Evolution | Change of gene frequency In a population over time |
Plankton | Free floating, weakly swimming |
Necton | Fish, turtles, whales |
Benthos | Bottom dwellers, oysters |
Decomposers | Breaks down inorganic compounds |
Euphotic, bathyal, abyssal | Surface, middle, dark bottom |
Littoral | Near shore, shallow |
Limnetic | Open, offshore, sunlit |
Profundal | Deep, too dark |
Benthic | Bottom of lake, nourished |