Ap Biology Chapter 52 Flashcards

5637115211	Ecology	The scientific study of the interactions between organisms andtge environment	0
5637115212	Population	A group of individuals of the same species living in an area	1
5637115213	Population ecology	Focuses on factors affecting how many individuals of a species live in an area	2
5637115214	Community	A group of populations of different species	3
5637115215	Ecosystem	The community of organisms in an area and the physical factors with which they interact	4
5637115216	Ecosystem ecology	Emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among the various biotic and abiotic components	5
5637115217	Landscape	A mosaic of connected ecosystems	6
5637115218	Landscape ecology	Deals with arrays of ecosystems and how they are arranged in a geographic region	7
5637115219	Biosphere	The global ecosystem, the sum of all the planet's ecosystems	8
5637115220	Globular ecology	Examines the influence of energy and materials on organisms across the biosphere	9
5637115221	Biotic	Living factors	10
5637115222	Abootic	Nonliving factors	11
5637115223	Dispersal	Movement of individuals away from centers of high population density or from their area of origin	12
5637115224	Macro-climate	Consists of patterns on the global, regional, and local level	13
5637115225	Micro-clinate	Consists of very fine patterns such as those encountered by the community of organisms underneath a fallen log	14
5637115226	Tropics	More heat and light per unit of surface area reach here than the higher latitudes	15
5637115227	Windward	The side of the mountain that the wind hits and where the rain occurs	16
5637115228	Leeward	The side of the mountain that has very dry climate	17
5637115229	Gulf stream	The way that water circulates around the world	18