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eco system
chap 3-6
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Biology
10th Grade
11/13/2010

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biosphere
Definition
contains combined portions of the planet in which all life exist
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species
Definition
group of simalr orginasm
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populations
Definition
group of indivuals who belong to the same species in the same area
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ecosystem
Definition
a collection of all the orginazims that live in the same place.
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communities
Definition
diffrent populations that live togther.
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biome
Definition
a group of ecosystems that live in the same climate and simler domaint communities
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autrotrophs
Definition
produce food
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pohotsynthis
Definition
turning sunlight into chemical power
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chemosynthesis
Definition
when orginisiams use chemical energy to produce carbs
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herbivores
Definition
plant only eaters
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carnivorors
Definition
anmial eaters
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omnivores
Definition
eat both plants and animals
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detritivores
Definition
eat dead plant and animal remains
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decomposers
Definition
breaks down matter
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decomposers
Definition
breaks down matter
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food chain
Definition
a series of steps in which a orginasim transfers energy be eating or being eaten
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food web
Definition
links all food chains in ecosystem together.
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trophic level
Definition
each step in a food chain or web
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ecological pyramid
Definition
a diogram that shows the relative amount of energy or matter contained withen each trophic level in a food chain or web.
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biomass
Definition
total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.
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biogeochemical cycle
Definition
elements, chemical compounds and other forms of matter are passed from one orginasim to another and from one part of the biosphere to another
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evaporation
Definition
prosscess from which water from a liguid to a atmospheric gas.
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transportation
Definition
water entring atmosphere by evaporation from the leaves of plants.
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nutrients
Definition
all the chemical substance that an orginism needs to sustain life.
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nitrogen fixation
Definition
bactirea that lives on the soil and on the roots of plants calle legumes, convert nitrogen gas into ammonia
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denitrification
Definition
other soil bactiria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas
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priamry productivity
Definition
rate of creation by organic matter
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limiting nutrient
Definition
when a ecosystem is limited by not having enough of a product
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algal bloom
Definition
reciving large input of a limiting nutrient.
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estuaries
Definition
wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea.
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population density
Definition
number of indivaduals per unit area.
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immigration
Definition
comeing into an area.
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emigration
Definition
leaving an area.
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exponential growth
Definition
occurs when species reproduce in mass numbers.
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logistic growth
Definition
population growth slowes or stops.
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carrying capacity
Definition
limit on how many of a species can be in a particular area.
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predation
Definition
eaiting of animals that are below you on the food chain.
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parasitism
Definition
limiting growth on a population
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density-independent
Definition
affects all populations in similar ways.
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demographic transition
Definition
a dramatic change in birth or death rates.
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demography
Definition
examines the characteristics of a human populations will change over time.
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agriculture
Definition
farming
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green revolution
Definition
use chemical fertilizers
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renoulble resource
Definition
can regenrate the resource
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nonrenewable resource
Definition
gas, cant be replenished.
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substainable devlopment
Definition
using natural resources without devlopment
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soil erosion
Definition
wearing away of a surface.
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desertifacition
Definition
dry climates over a long period of time
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deforestation
Definition
loss of forest
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pollutant
Definition
harmful material that can enter the biosphere
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acid rain
Definition
killing plants.
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smog
Definition
a gray-brown haze in the atmosphere
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