Ecology Power Notes

Ecosystems

Types of SymbiosisSymbiotic Description/details

Vocabulary Definition/Examples

Ecosystem

Biotic factors

Abiotic factors

Producer

Consumer

Herbivore

Carnivore

Omnivore

Scavenger

Detritivore

Decomposer

Competition

Predation

Symbiosis

relationship

Aquatic Ecosystems

Conditions that affect aquatic ecosystems: Summary

Vocabulary Definition/Examples

Photic zone

Phytoplankton

Zooplankton

Aphotic zone

Upwelling

Water currents

Freshwater ecosystem

Wetland

Estuary

Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Vocabulary Definition/Examples

Food chain

Primary producer

Primary consumer

Secondary consumer

Tertiary consumer

Trophic level

Food web

Energy pyramid

Biomass pyramid

Pyramid of numbers

What happens to energy as it moves up the trophic levels?

Does energy cycle through an ecosystem? Explain.

For EACH pyramid, label the PRODUCER, PRIMARY CONSUMER, SECONDARY CONSUMER, and TERTIARY CONSUMER. Also add the trophic levels.

What normally happens to the energy, biomass and number of organisms as they move up the trophic levels? Why?

Biogeochemical Cycles

What is a biogeochemical cycle?

Steps of the Water Cycle

Biomass Pyramid

Pyramid of Numbers

How are organisms involved in the water cycle?

Label the following processes on the diagram on the left.

___ CONDENSATION

___ EVAPORATION

___ PERCOLATION

___ PRECIPITATION

___ RUNOFF

___ STORAGE (ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND)

___ TRANSPIRATION

Steps of the Carbon Cycle

Label the following on the diagram on the left:

A. CARBON DIOXIDE IN

THE ATMOSPHERE

B. CELLULAR RESPIRATION

C. COMBUSTION

D. DEATH AND DECOMPOSITION

F. FOOD

G. FOSSIL FUELS

H. PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Population DynamicsVocabulary Definition/Examples

Population

Community

Ecosystem

Biosphere

Birth rate

Immigration rate

Death rate

Emigration rate

Exponential growth

Logistic growth

Carrying capacity

Limiting factors

Density-dependent limiting factor

Density-independent limiting factor

 

Change in population = [________________ + ________________] – [________________

+ ________________]

 

Label the line that represents EXPONENTIAL GROWTH and the one that represents LOGISTIC GROWTH.

Label CARRYING CAPACITY. 

 

Ecological Succession

Vocabulary Definition/Examples

Ecological succession

Pioneer species

Climax community

How are succession communities different?Pioneer Community Climax Community

What are the differences between PRIMARY and SECONDARY SUCCESSION?

Human Impact on Ecosystems

Vocabulary Definition / Examples

Pollutants 

Global warming 

Greenhouse effect 

Eutrophication 

Biomagnification 

Ecological footprint 

Environmentally sustainable society

Renewable resource

Nonrenewable resources

Sustainable development

Environmental Problem Details / Examples

Air Pollution 

Biodiversity depletion 

Water pollution 

Waste production 

Food supply problems 

Renewable ResourcesAdvantages Disadvantages