Chapter 50 AP Biology Flashcards

7576553005	Ecology	The study of interactions between organisms and the environment	0
7576559978	Abiotic	Non-living components of environment (temperature, water, light, soil)	1
7576572788	Biotic	living components of the environment such as other organisms as foods, other resources, or predators.	2
7576580468	Organism ecology	physiology, evolution, behavior of organisms in relation to environmental factors.	3
7576586628	Population ecology	interactions of individuals of the same species, living in the same environment	4
7576586629	Community ecology	studies the interactions of all living organisms that are living in the same area	5
7576591711	Ecosystem ecology	emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among organisms and the abiotic environment	6
7576591712	Biosphere ecology	includes the entire portion of Earth that is inhabited by life. Studies global effects of climate change, ozone depletion, mass extinction etc.	7
7576609790	Dispersal	the movement of organisms from centers of high density or from center of origin to other areas.	8
7576623119	Natural Range Expansions	organisms move into previously uninhabited areas as a natural way of expanding the population.	9
7576625827	Species transplants	species artificially or accidentally introduced and reproduce in new location.	10
7576659445	Climate	The prevailing weather conditions in a particular area	11
7576676223	Biome	Any of the world's major ecosystems, classified by vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment	12
7576728327	Photic zone	Where there is sufficient light for photosynthesis	13
7576733947	Aphotic Zone	Where little light penetrates	14
7576736389	Benthic Zone	the bottom of all aquatic biomes, mostly made up of sand and organic and inorganic sediments	15
7576767966	Thermocline	narrow zone of rapidly changing temperature that separates the warm upper and cold lower layers of lakes and oceans	16
7576775912	Oligotrophic lakes	are deep lakes that are usually poor in nutrients but rich in oxygen with lower temperatures, and low phytoplankton concentration	17
7576794589	Eurotrophic Lakes	shallow, rich in nutrients with lower concentration of oxygen and higher phytoplankton concentration.	18
7576827922	Climigraphs	plots of temperature and precipitation to show the distribution of various biomes	19
7576849356	Tropical Rainforest	High rainfall, warm temperatures, impoverished soil	20
7576849357	Savanna Desert	Low rainfall, extreme temperatures, low plant life	21
7576849494	Temperate Grassland	Unpredictable rainfall, hot summers, cold winters, adapted to fire	22
7576852763	Temperate Deciduous Forest	Warm summers and cold winters	23
7576854894	Coniferous Forest (Taiga)	Long, cold winters	24
7576854895	Arctic Tundra	Snow, arctic	25
7576854896	Intertidal Zone	Shallow Zone of the ocean, between land and the high and low tide lines	26
7576861688	Neritic Zone	The shallow region of the ocean overlying the continental shelf	27
7576861689	Oceanic/Pelagic Zone	Vast realm of open blue water, constantly mixed by wind-driven oceanic current	28