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Bio ch 52
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what ecology | study of interactions between organisms and their environment |
| climate vs weather | climate- long term patterns over years weather- short term conditions over days |
| Bio sphere | all ecosystems on earth |
| ecosystem | community of organisms in an area and the physical factors with which they interact |
| community | all populations of different species in an area |
| population | group of individuals of the same species living in an area |
| what's a biome | major life zone defined by climate and vegetation |
| what determine terrestrial biomes distribution | temperature and precipitation (climate) |
| how do you read a climograph | x axis- precipitation y axis- temperature used to identify biome |
| what's disturbance and some examples | event that changes ecosystem structure ex; fire, storms, human activity |
| 3 major aquatic biomes | marine freshwater estuaries |
| key factor separating aquatic biomes | salinity |
| important abiotic factors that impact aquatic biomes | temp water light oxygen salinity wind soil/rocks |
| biotic factors affecting distribution of organisms in ecosystems | predation competition herbivory disease |
| dispersion | movement of individuals away from centers of high population or from their area of origin |
| distribution | spatial arrangement of species across a landscape |
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