APES CED UNIT 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

Organism that hunts its food, feeds on prey.

The organism that is hunted and eaten.

Close, long-term interaction between two species in an ecosystem.

<p>Type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped nor harmed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of symbiosis between two species in which one species benefits and the other species is harmed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Occurs between organisms of the same species or of different species where there are limited resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The division of environmental resources by coexisting species (ways, places, times) to reduce competition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A broad, regional type of ecosystem characterized by distinctive climate and soil conditions and a distinctive kind of biological community adapted to those conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Has a short growing season, the soil quality is poor, the biodiversity is low, dominated by conifers like cedar, spruce, pine, and fir.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A coastal biome typified by moderate temperatures and high precipitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Warmer summers and colder winters than temperate rainforests and dominated by deciduous trees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Forests with abundant rainfall, poor soil, and many organisms living in canopies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Characterized by hot summers, mild, rainy winters, and dominated by fire-tolerant shrubs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Characterized by deep, nutrient-rich soil that supports many grass species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An extremely dry area with little water and few plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A vast, flat, treeless Arctic region where the subsoil is permanently frozen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Atmosphere, oceans, and sediment cycles of carbon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which carbon is recycled between land organisms, oceans, and atmosphere.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bacteria or lightning converts atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia available for plant uptake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main reservoir for nitrogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>This cycle does not have a gaseous phase; its main reservoir is in rocks and sediment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It's a limiting factor of aquatic ecosystems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The cycle powered by the energy of the sun, also known as the water cycle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary reservoir of water on the Earth's surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The rate solar energy is converted into organic compounds via photosynthesis over a unit of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The total amount of solar energy that producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The rate at which biomass accumulates in an ecosystem after subtracting energy lost by cellular respiration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unit for how productivity is measured.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Color of light absorbed by the upper meter of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Color of light that penetrates to 100 meters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The amount of energy available for the next trophic level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two species reduce competition by utilizing a resource at different times.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Competing species use the same resource by occupying different areas or habitats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Using different resources based on different evolved body features.</p> Signup and view all the answers