Basic Ecology | Pyramids | Cycles | Relationships | Random |
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What is a biotic factor?
This is a living factor in an ecosystem
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What is a biomass pyramid?
This pyramid shows the total amount of living tissue at each level
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What is infiltration?
This process is where water soaks into the soil
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What is commensalism?
In this relationship, one organism benefits and the other is not affected
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What is the taiga?
This biome has long, cold winters and short summers
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What is an ecosystem?
This level of ecological organization includes all biotic and abiotic factors
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What is an energy pyramid?
This pyramid shows how energy is passed from organism to organism
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What is the carbon cycle?
In this cycle, decomposers break down material returning carbon to the soil
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What is clumped distribution?
In this distribution, organisms gain protection but have to deal with competition
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What is the rainforest?
This biome is warm and has lots of rain
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What is a keystone species?
This species has a large impact on an ecosystem
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What is a numbers pyramid?
This pyramid show the relative number of each organism
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What is phosphorus?
This is found mostly in the atmosphere and rock
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What is density-independent limiting factor?
This limiting factor comes from unusual weather and seasonal changes
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What is the bathyal zone?
This zone in the marine ecosystem has high pressure and murky water
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What is a detritivore?
This organism feeds on once living plants, animals, and decomposers
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What is 10%?
This percentage of energy is passed down from organism to organism
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What is a legume?
This is a common example of a nitrogen-fixing bacteria
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What is exponential population growth?
In this type of growth, population constantly grows
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What is an ecological footprint?
This is your impact on the Earth
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What is a generalist?
This organism is a consumer with a large diet
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What is a trophic level?
This shows the level an organism is in a pyramid
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What is Ammonium?
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria turns this into Nitrite
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What is competitive exclusion principle?
This states that no two species can be in the exact niche or habitat at the same time
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What is Biomagnification?
This when chemicals move up the food chain and increase in concentration
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