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APES Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resource Partitioning | Two species evolve to divide a resource through behavior or morphology in order to avoid competition |
| Predation | Occurs when one animals kills and consumes another animal, in order to consume their energy |
| Parasitism | Organism lives on another organism, feeding off of the host in order to stay alive |
| Mutualism | Where both species benefit from the interaction |
| Commensalism | Where one benefits and the other is unaffected |
| Tundra | Cold, located in northern regions/west coast of south America, ground freezes, long days |
| Taiga (AKA Boreal Forest) | Coniferous trees, location in Canada and Europe, cold weather and cold winters and short growing seasons |
| Temperate Rainforest | Coastal biome, mild summers & winters, West coast of US, East coast Australia, winters are rainy, summers are foggy |
| Temperate Seasonal Forest | Warm summers and cold winters, good soil because of decomposition, located on the east coast of US, Germany |
| Shrubland | Hot, dry summers, mild rainy winters, soil is low in nutrients, located in the coast of Cali, S South America |
| Temperate Grassland | Seasonal, little rain mostly grass, harsh cold winters, hot dry summers, located in Midwest US (UTAH), East Europe |
| Tropical Rainforest | Warm and wet biome, lush vegetation, contain the most biodiversity, located in central/south America, Asia, |
| Savanna | Distinct wet and dry seasons, trees drop leaves to adapt and survive, located in central America, africa |
| Hot Desert | Hot and dry conditions, sparse vegetation, located in Africa and chile |
| Phytoplankton | Floating Algae |
| Freshwater biomes | -Streams and rivers -Lakes and ponds |
| Marine Biomes | -Salt marsh -Open ocean -Intertidal zones |
| Oligotrophic | Describes a lake with low level of productivity due to low nutrients |
| Mesotrophic | Describes a lake with a moderate level of productivity |
| Eutrophic | Describes a lake with a high level of productivity |
| Turbidity | How well you can see or not in the water |
| Littoral zone | The shallow zone of soil and water in lakes and ponds where most algae and emergent plants pgrow |
| Limnetic zone | A zone of open water in lakes and ponds |
| Profundal Zone | A region of water where sunlight does not reach, below the limnetic zone in very deep lakes |
| Benthic Zone | The muddy bottom of a lake, pond or ocean |
| Estuaries | Where rivers of freshwater meet saltwater and combine |
| Photic Zone | Upper layer of the ocean water in the ocean that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis |
| Aphotic zone | The deeper layer of ocean water that lacks sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis |
| Chemosynthesis | A process used by some bacteria in the ocean to generate energy with methane and hydrogen sulfide |
| Carbon Cycle | Moves carbon through the atmosphere and biosphere |
| Dissolution | Co2 in the atmosphere and Co2 dissolved in water are constantly exchanged |
| Photosynthesis | Co2 is converted into sugars |
| Respiration | Sugars are converted back into Co2 |
| Sedimentation | Calcium Carbonate precipitates out of the water as sediments |
| Nitrogen Cycle | Allows for the movement of nitrogen around the biosphere and atmosphere among reservoir sources and sinks |
| Nitrogen | Building block of proteins and nucleic acids, making it one of the limiting nutrients |
| Nitrification | Process of converting Ammonia into Nitrite and then into Nitrate |
| Nitrogen Fixation | The process of converting nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into forms that plants and algae can use |
| Assimilation | The process by which producers incorporate elements into their tissues |
| Denitrification | Conversion of Nitrate in a series of steps into the gases nitrous oxide and eventually nitrogen gas which is emitted into the atmosphere |
| Phosphorus Cycle | The one cycle that doesn't have an atmospheric component |
| Abiotic processes that move phosphorus include what | Sedimentation, geologic uplift, and weathering |
| What is another source of excess phosphorus besides fertilizers | Detergents |
| Hydrologic Cycle | When water moves through reservoir sources and sinks |
| Primary reservoir of water at Earth's surface | Ocean |
| Smaller reservoirs of water at Earth's surface | Ice caps and groundwater |
| Transpiration | When water releases from leaves into the atmosphere |
| Evapotranspiration | The combination of evaporation and transpiration |
| Primary Productivity | Rate of converting solar energy into organic compounds over a period of time |
| What are the levels of the food chain in order | -Producers (autotrophs) -Primary consumers (Heterotrophs) -Secondary consumers -Tertiary consumers -Apex predators |
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