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Biology 52-54
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain 2 ways a species can inhabit an ecosystem | evolution and dispersal |
| Ecology | the study of organisms and their interaction with all biotic and abiotic elements in their environment |
| Ecosystem | the summation of organisms and the abiotic factors which they interact with in a given area. |
| Biome | any of the world’s major ecosystem types (contains flora, fauna, abiotic factors, an ecosystem, and interaction) |
| Landscape | an area containing several different ecosystems |
| Population | a group of individuals within the same species |
| Climate | is the long term prevailing weather of a given area |
| Microclimate | climate patterns on a very fine scale (example the specific climate conditions of underneath a log) |
| Thermocline | a narrow stratum of abrupt temperature change in the ocean |
| Precipitation | the process of precipitating a substance from a solution (rain, snow, sleet, hail) |
| Canopy | the uppermost layer of vegetation in a biome |
| Detritus | is dead organic matter |
| Abiotic Factors | are non living factors in an enviorment |
| Rain Shadow | is a dry area on the lee back side of a mountainous area that results from the interaction of temperatures between a body of water and the high altitudes of mountain ranges |
| Latitude | measurement of the earth widthwise (horizontally) |
| Longitude | measurement of the earth lengthy (vertically) |
| Elevation | height above sea level |
| Altitude | heights above the ground |
| Topography | the arrangement of an area’s natural features (mountains, bodies of water, etc.) |
| Ectone | the transition of from one type of habitat/ecosystem to another |
| Autograph | an organism that obtains food without eating other organisms derived from other organisms, they also use solar energy/oxidation |
| Heterotroph | an organism that obtains food from eating other organisms derived from them. |
| Adaptive radiation | is a period of evolutionary change when a group of organisms from various species adapt to fill ecological roles in their community |
| Habitat selection | is when a species avoids a certain habitat even when the habitat is suitable for their needs |
| Climate change | a lasting change in weather patterns over a long period of time |
| Ecological time | the minute-to-minute time frame of interactions of organisms in an environment |
| Evolutionary time | the time frame of evolution over many generations |
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