APES INTERACTIONS Flashcards

14968230466	cells	basic unit of life	0
14968230467	chemosynthesis	converting inorganic materials into energy without sunlight	1
14968230468	commensalism	two organisms interacting in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed	2
14968230469	community	populations of all species living and interacting in an area at a particular time	3
14968230470	cycle	series of events where products become reactants again	4
14968230471	deductive reasoning	taking a general rule and using it to derive smaller conclusions	5
14968230472	ecological succession	predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem	6
14968230473	ecosystem	interactions of organisms with their biotic and abiotic factors	7
14968230474	entropy	in thermidynamics, the tendacy for all reactions to lead to chaos	8
14968230475	feedback loop	in a system where the output influences the inputs	9
14968230476	inductive reasoning	taking smaller material and combining them to form general rule	10
14968230477	interspecific competition	when individuals of different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem (e.g. food or living space).	11
14968230478	law of conservation of energy	in a closed system, energy (the ability to do work) cannot be created nor destroyed, reactions lead to entropy, and total energy remains constant	12
14968230479	law of conservation of mass	in a closed system, matter cannot be created nor destroyed	13
14968230480	limiting factor	material that will stop reactions because it is consumed the fastest	14
14968230481	model	simplified representation of real thing	15
14968230482	niche	The function or position of a species within an ecological community.	16
14968230483	photosynthesis	process of converting light energy into chemical energy i.e. carbon fixation	17
14968230484	pollination	the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.	18
14968230485	primary succession	predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem starting from an area with no life	19
14968230486	rain shadow effect	when due to topograpical barrier, the windward side receives large amounts of precipation and the leeward side is dry.	20
14968230487	secondary succession	predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem starting from an area with life	21
14968230488	synergy	interactions of the parts create a product greater than the sum of the parts	22
14968230489	system	condition when parts make up a whole, carryout a function, and operate synergistically	23
14968230490	weather	atmospheric conditions characterized by temperature, wind, and precipitation	24