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Flashcards by Olivia Marie, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Olivia Marie
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| Question | Answer |
| Environment | The environment of an ecosystem is its surroundings - everything around it, both living and non-living, that affects it. |
| Ecosystem | An ecosystem is any environment containing living organisms interacting with each other and with the non-living parts of the environment. |
| Habitat | The habitat of an organism is the place where it lives |
| Abiotic features | Abiotic means non-living. These factors include physical and chemical features, such as the temp. rainfall, type of soil and the salinity of the water. |
| Biotic features | Biotic means living. Biotic factors include all the living organisms, how many types there are, their numbers, distribution and interactions. |
| Community | The organisms that are found living together in a particular place form a community. |
| Ecology | The study of the relationships living organisms have with each other and with their environment. |
| Terrestrial environments | Environments on land |
| Aquatic environments | Water environments |
| Distribution | The distribution of a species describes where it is found |
| Abundance | The Abundance of a species means how many members of the species live throughout the ecosystem |
| Immigration | Increases in the abundance of animals are caused by birth and immigrations |
| Emigrations | Decreases are due to death and emigration |
| Population | A group of similar organisms living in a given area at the same time is known as a population. |
| Transect | A narrow strip that crosses the area being studied, from one side to another. |
| Quadrat | A quadrat is a small area that represents the larger area being studied. |
| Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis is the process by which plant cells capture energy from sunlight and use it combine carbon dioxide and water to make sugars and oxygen. |
| Respiration | The process by which cells obtain energy |
| Aerobic cellular respiration | glucose + oxygen - carbon dioxide + water + energy ADP + P + glucose + oxygen - (many reactions) - carbon dioxide + water + ATP 38ADP + 38P + C6H12O6+gO2-6CO2+GH2O+38ATP |
| Aerobic | requiring the presence of oxygen |
| Enzyme | A substance that alters the rate which a reaction occurs, but is not used up in the reaction. |
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