Marine Ecology Terms
... Energy Relationships In ecosystems, energy is cycled through these niches: • Autotrophs - produce food by photosynthesis • Heterotrophs consume autotrophs and other heterotrophs • Decomposers rearrange organic materials into nutrients for autotrophs ...
... Energy Relationships In ecosystems, energy is cycled through these niches: • Autotrophs - produce food by photosynthesis • Heterotrophs consume autotrophs and other heterotrophs • Decomposers rearrange organic materials into nutrients for autotrophs ...
Interactions of Living Things
... Example: Grass is eaten by a rabbit, rabbit is eaten by a Fox. ...
... Example: Grass is eaten by a rabbit, rabbit is eaten by a Fox. ...
My example Commensalism a relationship in which
... • Newly arriving species alter the physical conditions, often in ways that enable other species to become established. • Animals come in with or after the plants they need to survive. • Eventually a climax community that is more or less stable will become established and have the ability to reproduc ...
... • Newly arriving species alter the physical conditions, often in ways that enable other species to become established. • Animals come in with or after the plants they need to survive. • Eventually a climax community that is more or less stable will become established and have the ability to reproduc ...
Ecology
... - the carbon that makes you and all other living (and many non living) things is shown moving through the environment. ...
... - the carbon that makes you and all other living (and many non living) things is shown moving through the environment. ...
Matter and Energy in Ecosystems The interactions that
... The interactions that take place among biotic and abiotic factors lead to transfers of energy and matter. Every species has a particular role, or niche, in an ecosystem. Autotrophs are organisms that use energy from the sun to produce their own food. (Autotrophs are also known as producers.) Heterot ...
... The interactions that take place among biotic and abiotic factors lead to transfers of energy and matter. Every species has a particular role, or niche, in an ecosystem. Autotrophs are organisms that use energy from the sun to produce their own food. (Autotrophs are also known as producers.) Heterot ...
Roles of Organisms in an Ecosystem PRODUCER
... • Primary – Eats plants • (HERBIVORES eating PRODUCERS) • Secondary – Eats animals that eat plants • (CARNIVORES eating HERBIVORES) • Tertiary – Eats animals that eat other animals • (CARNIVORES eating CARNIVORES) ...
... • Primary – Eats plants • (HERBIVORES eating PRODUCERS) • Secondary – Eats animals that eat plants • (CARNIVORES eating HERBIVORES) • Tertiary – Eats animals that eat other animals • (CARNIVORES eating CARNIVORES) ...
Chapter 3 * The Biosphere
... Ecologist have come up with ecological ______________________ to model energy or matter in an ecosystem _______________________ Ecological pyramids = a diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or web There are 3 types of pyramids; energy, ...
... Ecologist have come up with ecological ______________________ to model energy or matter in an ecosystem _______________________ Ecological pyramids = a diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter within each trophic level in a food chain or web There are 3 types of pyramids; energy, ...
Agriculture Biology Final Study Guide
... What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors? Give examples of each What is symbiosis? What are the differences between the three kinds? What is predation? Be able to list in order (population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere) What is the difference between an autotroph and a het ...
... What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors? Give examples of each What is symbiosis? What are the differences between the three kinds? What is predation? Be able to list in order (population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere) What is the difference between an autotroph and a het ...
Ecology Exam Review
... 7. What is an ecosystem? Biological community and all the non-living factors that affect it. 8. Compare abiotic and biotic factors. Abiotic factors are any non-living factors and biotic factors are any living factors in an organism’s environment. 9. Are green plants autotrophs or heterotrophs? Autot ...
... 7. What is an ecosystem? Biological community and all the non-living factors that affect it. 8. Compare abiotic and biotic factors. Abiotic factors are any non-living factors and biotic factors are any living factors in an organism’s environment. 9. Are green plants autotrophs or heterotrophs? Autot ...
Ecosystems - Hardin County Schools
... 3 main types of organisms found in all ecosystems that are identified by the way they obtain food & energy 1.producers– Green plants that make their own food using sunlight during photosynthesis. Plants are also known as autotrophs. ex. plants, algae 2.consumers– Animals that eat or consume plants o ...
... 3 main types of organisms found in all ecosystems that are identified by the way they obtain food & energy 1.producers– Green plants that make their own food using sunlight during photosynthesis. Plants are also known as autotrophs. ex. plants, algae 2.consumers– Animals that eat or consume plants o ...
Ecological Pyramids pp
... sulfur compounds to make glucose • These live in remote places like deep ocean vents or hot springs and geysers ...
... sulfur compounds to make glucose • These live in remote places like deep ocean vents or hot springs and geysers ...
MarBio ECOLOGY
... • heterotrophs=organism that obtains energy from eating other organisms Energy flow can be observed by observing trophic relationships: • producers=autotrophs that make their own food • consumers=heterotrophs that eat other organisms • food chain=interconnection of organisms in trophic levels • food ...
... • heterotrophs=organism that obtains energy from eating other organisms Energy flow can be observed by observing trophic relationships: • producers=autotrophs that make their own food • consumers=heterotrophs that eat other organisms • food chain=interconnection of organisms in trophic levels • food ...
Ch 2.5 Food Webs and Ecological Pyramids
... - Producers are found in the 1st. trophic level, herbivores (first order consumer) are found in the 2nd trophic level. Carnivores (second, third, fourth order consumers) are found in sequential trophic levels. - Food chains arte artificial and are not found in nature, but are used to simplify feedin ...
... - Producers are found in the 1st. trophic level, herbivores (first order consumer) are found in the 2nd trophic level. Carnivores (second, third, fourth order consumers) are found in sequential trophic levels. - Food chains arte artificial and are not found in nature, but are used to simplify feedin ...
science world 1 – chapter 1
... At any stage of a food web an animal or plant may die – its stored energy is lost to the consumers relying on it. However, scavengers and decomposers rely on the energy from these dead organisms for their own survival. Scavengers (e.g. ants, maggots, crows) are consumers that feed on the flesh and o ...
... At any stage of a food web an animal or plant may die – its stored energy is lost to the consumers relying on it. However, scavengers and decomposers rely on the energy from these dead organisms for their own survival. Scavengers (e.g. ants, maggots, crows) are consumers that feed on the flesh and o ...
Community Eco Part 1 Test Review
... 5. Describe the effects of an invasive species. Look over the Cane Toad video questions. Know what is meant by biological control. Can you come up with pros and the cons of using a biological control. 6. Define the term “adaptation”. Recognize or describe specific adaptations which organisms have. 7 ...
... 5. Describe the effects of an invasive species. Look over the Cane Toad video questions. Know what is meant by biological control. Can you come up with pros and the cons of using a biological control. 6. Define the term “adaptation”. Recognize or describe specific adaptations which organisms have. 7 ...
Food Chains / Food Web Notes
... The arrows in a food chain / food web point in the direction that energy flows. ____________________ ...
... The arrows in a food chain / food web point in the direction that energy flows. ____________________ ...
Biology EOC Goal 5:
... What are the secondary consumers in this food web? What are the highest level consumers in this food web? ...
... What are the secondary consumers in this food web? What are the highest level consumers in this food web? ...
ECOLOGY blog1
... needles prevents water loss so they keep leaves all year; thick bark; pyramid shaped tree to slough snow; ...
... needles prevents water loss so they keep leaves all year; thick bark; pyramid shaped tree to slough snow; ...
Ecology Test Review
... 6. Create your own food web that includes 5 trophic levels and label all organisms as producers and levels of consumers. Put a star by all heterotrophs. Put a circle around all autotrophs. 7. What is the ultimate source of energy for all organisms? 8. Can an organism be a primary and secondary consu ...
... 6. Create your own food web that includes 5 trophic levels and label all organisms as producers and levels of consumers. Put a star by all heterotrophs. Put a circle around all autotrophs. 7. What is the ultimate source of energy for all organisms? 8. Can an organism be a primary and secondary consu ...
Ecosystems - Plain Local Schools
... 1. Name five kinds of ecosystems. Which is the driest? Five ecosystems are desert, tundra, forest, tropical rainforest, and grassland. The desert is the driest ecosystem. 2. Describe how habitat, population, and community are related. A population is all the organisms of one species that live in a ha ...
... 1. Name five kinds of ecosystems. Which is the driest? Five ecosystems are desert, tundra, forest, tropical rainforest, and grassland. The desert is the driest ecosystem. 2. Describe how habitat, population, and community are related. A population is all the organisms of one species that live in a ha ...
ES 103 - Chapter 4 – Summary Materials
... Define ecology and distinguish among the following hierarchical levels of ecology: population, community, ecosystem, landscape, biosphere State the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Understand the importance of these laws as they relate to energy transfer among organisms. Distinguish between ...
... Define ecology and distinguish among the following hierarchical levels of ecology: population, community, ecosystem, landscape, biosphere State the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Understand the importance of these laws as they relate to energy transfer among organisms. Distinguish between ...
UNIT 2 – ECOLOGY STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS
... soil and organisms still exist, such as after a natural disaster – hurricane, fire, etc. 17. Pioneer species are the first organisms to populate an area when primary succession occurs. 18. A climax community is a place where animals and plants have reached a stable stage. 19. Matter recycles between ...
... soil and organisms still exist, such as after a natural disaster – hurricane, fire, etc. 17. Pioneer species are the first organisms to populate an area when primary succession occurs. 18. A climax community is a place where animals and plants have reached a stable stage. 19. Matter recycles between ...
Ecological Systems
... D. Ecosystem (ecological system) - The interactions of a community with the abiotic elements of a specific area. 1. Aquatic Ecosystems - Streams, Lakes, Ponds, ...
... D. Ecosystem (ecological system) - The interactions of a community with the abiotic elements of a specific area. 1. Aquatic Ecosystems - Streams, Lakes, Ponds, ...
Food web
A food web (or food cycle) is the natural interconnection of food chains and generally a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is a consumer-resource system. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the autotrophs, and 2) the heterotrophs. To maintain their bodies, grow, develop, and to reproduce, autotrophs produce organic matter from inorganic substances, including both minerals and gases such as carbon dioxide. These chemical reactions require energy, which mainly comes from the sun and largely by photosynthesis, although a very small amount comes from hydrothermal vents and hot springs. A gradient exists between trophic levels running from complete autotrophs that obtain their sole source of carbon from the atmosphere, to mixotrophs (such as carnivorous plants) that are autotrophic organisms that partially obtain organic matter from sources other than the atmosphere, and complete heterotrophs that must feed to obtain organic matter. The linkages in a food web illustrate the feeding pathways, such as where heterotrophs obtain organic matter by feeding on autotrophs and other heterotrophs. The food web is a simplified illustration of the various methods of feeding that links an ecosystem into a unified system of exchange. There are different kinds of feeding relations that can be roughly divided into herbivory, carnivory, scavenging and parasitism. Some of the organic matter eaten by heterotrophs, such as sugars, provides energy. Autotrophs and heterotrophs come in all sizes, from microscopic to many tonnes - from cyanobacteria to giant redwoods, and from viruses and bdellovibrio to blue whales.Charles Elton pioneered the concept of food cycles, food chains, and food size in his classical 1927 book ""Animal Ecology""; Elton's 'food cycle' was replaced by 'food web' in a subsequent ecological text. Elton organized species into functional groups, which was the basis for Raymond Lindeman's classic and landmark paper in 1942 on trophic dynamics. Lindeman emphasized the important role of decomposer organisms in a trophic system of classification. The notion of a food web has a historical foothold in the writings of Charles Darwin and his terminology, including an ""entangled bank"", ""web of life"", ""web of complex relations"", and in reference to the decomposition actions of earthworms he talked about ""the continued movement of the particles of earth"". Even earlier, in 1768 John Bruckner described nature as ""one continued web of life"".Food webs are limited representations of real ecosystems as they necessarily aggregate many species into trophic species, which are functional groups of species that have the same predators and prey in a food web. Ecologists use these simplifications in quantitative (or mathematical) models of trophic or consumer-resource systems dynamics. Using these models they can measure and test for generalized patterns in the structure of real food web networks. Ecologists have identified non-random properties in the topographic structure of food webs. Published examples that are used in meta analysis are of variable quality with omissions. However, the number of empirical studies on community webs is on the rise and the mathematical treatment of food webs using network theory had identified patterns that are common to all. Scaling laws, for example, predict a relationship between the topology of food web predator-prey linkages and levels of species richness.