Apes unit 1 quiz

Ecology

The study of competitions between biotic and abiotic components

Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

levels of organization

CO2+H2O+ Light Energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

Photosynthesis Equation

Biotic

Living/Once Living

Abiotic

Nonliving

Mutualism

Both organisms benefit from the relationship

Commensalism

1 benefitted and one unaffected from the relationship

Parasitism

1 benefitted and one harmed from the relationship

No

Can a creature be killed in a parasitic relationship?

Niche

A species' role in its environment

Preferred habitat, Position in the food web, mating and eating behaviors

What is included in a niche

Resource Partitioning

Species avoid competition by dividing use of resources.

Competitive Exclusion Principle

If competition is present, species will be excluded from niches they might otherwise be able to inhabit

Fundamental Niche

Strongest gets to perform niche

Realized Niche

Part of a species fundamental niche that it actually uses, limited by competition.

Precipitation and temperature

What are the most important factors that determine a biome?

Ocean

What is the largest reservoir of water

Ground water

Precipitation infiltrates the ground and is stored in soil and rock

Surface runoff

Water that does not sink into the ground or evaporate into the Air runs off into bodies of water

Watershed/drainage basin

the land area that delivers runoff, sediment, and any dissolved substances to a stream

Aquifer

Underground cavers and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock through which groundwater flows

Unconfined

Has a permeable water table

Confined

Bounded above and below by less permeable beds of rock where the water is confined under pressure

Artesian well

Pressure from the confined aquifer pushes water up at a location without a pump

Water table

The level below which the ground is saturated with water