Ecology biology

• what is an ecosystem?

  A community of living organisms and their physical environment, interacting as a system.
• what is interdependence?


  Inderdependence is when 2 or more organisms are reliant on one another
• What is a stable community?

  A stable community is when the size of the populations of all species reamin relatively constant over time.
• What are some abiotic factors?

  Temperature, sunlight, water, soil composition, air quality, and topography.
• What are some biotic factors?

  plants, animals, fungi, bacteria
• What are biotic components?

  Living organisms in an ecosystem.
• What are abiotic components?

  Non-living factors in an ecosystem.
• what is an extremophile?


  Organism that thrives in extreme environments.
• what is a producer in an ecosystem?

  Organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis
• what is a primary consumer?

  An organism that eats producers
• what is a secondary consumer?

  An organism that feeds on primary consumers.
• what is tertiary consumers?

  Organisms that eat secondary consumers
• what is a food chain?

  A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms where each organism is a source of food for the next organism in the sequence.
• what are transects and what are the use for them?

  Transects are straight lines or paths used in ecological studies to sample and study changes in vegetation, animals, or other features across an area.
• what are quadrats and what are they used for?

  Quadrats are square frames used to study a specific area in ecology to estimate population sizes or biodiversity.
• what is the carbon cycle?

  The carbon cycle is the process by which carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms.
• what is the water cycle?


  The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
• what can biogas generators can be used to produce?

  Methane gas as fuel
• whats the role of microorganisms in cycling materials through an ecosystem?

  microorganisms help return minerals and nutrients back to the environment so that the materials can then be used by other organisms.