IB Biology - Field Studies Council
... Option G: Ecology and Conservation G.1 Community ecology G.1.1 Outline the factors that effect the distribution of plant species, including temperature, water, light, soil pH, salinity and mineral nutrients G.1.4 Outline the use of a transect to correlate the distribution of plants or animal species ...
... Option G: Ecology and Conservation G.1 Community ecology G.1.1 Outline the factors that effect the distribution of plant species, including temperature, water, light, soil pH, salinity and mineral nutrients G.1.4 Outline the use of a transect to correlate the distribution of plants or animal species ...
FOOD CHAIN
... Food web - a set of interconnected food chains by which energy and materials circulate within an ecosystem ...
... Food web - a set of interconnected food chains by which energy and materials circulate within an ecosystem ...
Fixed film processes
... Their grazing capacity also helps avoid clogging of trickling filters through biofilm consumption. ...
... Their grazing capacity also helps avoid clogging of trickling filters through biofilm consumption. ...
Ecosystem Essentials II
... Focus: The relationship or interaction between organisms (biotic) and their surrounding environment (abiotic) ...
... Focus: The relationship or interaction between organisms (biotic) and their surrounding environment (abiotic) ...
Learning Outcomes - Earlston High School
... I can: State that grazing and predation are biotic factors State that pH and temperature are abiotic factors Describe what a niche is (the role that an organism plays within a community) with reference to specific organisms such as the Scottish wildcat Expand on description of a niche to include the ...
... I can: State that grazing and predation are biotic factors State that pH and temperature are abiotic factors Describe what a niche is (the role that an organism plays within a community) with reference to specific organisms such as the Scottish wildcat Expand on description of a niche to include the ...
2011 ECOLOGY (B&C) KAREN LANCOUR National Bio Rules Committee Chairman
... TUNDRA OF NORTH AMERICA • About one fifth of the land surface of the earth is tundra. • Located next to icy zones in the arctic ...
... TUNDRA OF NORTH AMERICA • About one fifth of the land surface of the earth is tundra. • Located next to icy zones in the arctic ...
BI 101: Non-vascular plants
... Shares most recent common ancestor with Green algae (Chlorophyta) Aquatic origin ...
... Shares most recent common ancestor with Green algae (Chlorophyta) Aquatic origin ...
Cycling of Material in an Ecosystem
... • phosphorus is released as rocks erode and plants absorb the phosphorus • Very slow process • phosphorus passes from one organism to another in the food chain • decomposers release phosphorus during decomposition • Mined for production of fertilizer. Mined in Tampa, FL ...
... • phosphorus is released as rocks erode and plants absorb the phosphorus • Very slow process • phosphorus passes from one organism to another in the food chain • decomposers release phosphorus during decomposition • Mined for production of fertilizer. Mined in Tampa, FL ...
Food Web
... In addition to an "address", a species also has an ecological "occupation" - where and how it "makes a living". Niche: the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce. Your personal notes, summary of the ...
... In addition to an "address", a species also has an ecological "occupation" - where and how it "makes a living". Niche: the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce. Your personal notes, summary of the ...
Notes - Organisms and their relationships revision
... – Ex – plants, animals, bacteria • Abiotic factors – nonliving factors in an organisms environment – Example – temperature, air, water, light, soil, pH • Organisms are adapted to surviving in their particular natural environment; if they move to another location with different biotic or abiotic fact ...
... – Ex – plants, animals, bacteria • Abiotic factors – nonliving factors in an organisms environment – Example – temperature, air, water, light, soil, pH • Organisms are adapted to surviving in their particular natural environment; if they move to another location with different biotic or abiotic fact ...
The information in this document covers the IB syllabus for topic 5
... All energy in ecosystems originates from the Sun. Producers (photoautotrophs) convert solar (light) energy to chemical energy (food). Energy flow is unidirectional…it is not recycled. Typically, between 10%-20% of energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next. Energy losses from one level t ...
... All energy in ecosystems originates from the Sun. Producers (photoautotrophs) convert solar (light) energy to chemical energy (food). Energy flow is unidirectional…it is not recycled. Typically, between 10%-20% of energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next. Energy losses from one level t ...
Chapter Review
... _____ 11. A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of a. commensalism. c. mutualism. b. parasitism. d. predation. _____ 12. The process by which energy moves through an ecosystem can be represented by a. food chains. b. energy pyramids. c. food webs. d. All of the above _____ 1 ...
... _____ 11. A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of a. commensalism. c. mutualism. b. parasitism. d. predation. _____ 12. The process by which energy moves through an ecosystem can be represented by a. food chains. b. energy pyramids. c. food webs. d. All of the above _____ 1 ...
Web guide to making effective posters
... significantly impacted by exotic species. Native species are threatened by competition with exotics: for example, native plants are often overwhelmed by invasions of fastgrowing non-natives, and restoration of lake trout and Atlantic salmon is threatened by predation from sea lamprey. ...
... significantly impacted by exotic species. Native species are threatened by competition with exotics: for example, native plants are often overwhelmed by invasions of fastgrowing non-natives, and restoration of lake trout and Atlantic salmon is threatened by predation from sea lamprey. ...
Species Relationships PPT
... • Example: An ant gets a home from living inside of an acacia tree. The ant protects the tree from any animals that try to eat it. ...
... • Example: An ant gets a home from living inside of an acacia tree. The ant protects the tree from any animals that try to eat it. ...
Cycling in the Ecosystem
... ◦ Excess nitrogen fertilizer can runoff, where it contaminates surface water or infiltrates into ground water. ◦ In drinking water, excess nitrogen can lead to cancer in humans and respiratory distress in infants. ...
... ◦ Excess nitrogen fertilizer can runoff, where it contaminates surface water or infiltrates into ground water. ◦ In drinking water, excess nitrogen can lead to cancer in humans and respiratory distress in infants. ...
Ecology NOTES_STUDENTS2
... 8. All energy in an ecosystem originates with the _______________. 9. The total energy transfer form one tropic level to the next is only about _______%, the other ______% is lost in the form of heat. 10. A tick feeds on the blood of a rabbit. What type of symbiosis is this? ________________ 11. A s ...
... 8. All energy in an ecosystem originates with the _______________. 9. The total energy transfer form one tropic level to the next is only about _______%, the other ______% is lost in the form of heat. 10. A tick feeds on the blood of a rabbit. What type of symbiosis is this? ________________ 11. A s ...
楍牣獯景⁴潗摲 䐠捯浵湥 - American Fisheries Society
... the ability of an aquatic ecosystem to resist displacement in structure and/or function due to perturbation (ecological inertia) and the ability to snap back once displaced in these characteristics (ecological elasticity), some reasonably reliable estimates of these potentials may be made using avai ...
... the ability of an aquatic ecosystem to resist displacement in structure and/or function due to perturbation (ecological inertia) and the ability to snap back once displaced in these characteristics (ecological elasticity), some reasonably reliable estimates of these potentials may be made using avai ...
Communities and Ecosystems 5.1
... nutrients that keep organisms alive. Energy flow through an ecosystem can be quantified and analyzed. At each step in the food chain, energy is lost from the chain in various ways. Some is not consumed, some leave the food chain as waste or when an animal dies, and some is used by living organisms a ...
... nutrients that keep organisms alive. Energy flow through an ecosystem can be quantified and analyzed. At each step in the food chain, energy is lost from the chain in various ways. Some is not consumed, some leave the food chain as waste or when an animal dies, and some is used by living organisms a ...
Ecology - Effingham County Schools
... ____________________________ 4. A lichen is an example of mutualism. ____________________________ 5. Parasitism is a relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one benefits and the other is unaffected. ____________________________ 6. Parasitism is a relationship between two diffe ...
... ____________________________ 4. A lichen is an example of mutualism. ____________________________ 5. Parasitism is a relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one benefits and the other is unaffected. ____________________________ 6. Parasitism is a relationship between two diffe ...