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Ecology Review
ScienceBennett
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• The area of our planet upon which life is possible is called the biosphere.
• This thin layer is affected by many factors.• Although the entire biosphere is considered
one biological system, it is easier to consider smaller units, called ecosystems.
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Ecosystems
• An ecosystem is any stable environment where living and nonliving things interact, and in which materials are recycled.
• The size of the ecosystem is not particularly important.
• What matters is that the system works as a unit.
• Within each ecosystem, there exists a community of all the living organisms.
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Communities
• Each community consists or many populations of organisms.
• A population is made up of only one kind • of organism (ex. mosquitoes).• An ecological niche is the way in which a
species uses the available resources to survive, and the way its existence affects the other organisms living around it.
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• The ecosystem is influenced by many aspects of the physical or nonliving environment, such as:
• soil• temperature• water• energy• the atmosphere• biochemical cycles
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Soil
• The upper layer of the soil is called the topsoil, and contains organic matter in the form of decayed remains of vegetation, along with a variety of soil-dwelling organisms.
• The maintenance of soil fertility, pH and composition is vital to the ecosystem.
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pH
• The pH scale is a scale used to describe the acidity or alkalinity of soil or a solution.
• A pH value of 7 is considered to be neutral. Larger numbers are more basic (alkaline) and smaller numbers are more acidic.
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Energy
• Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy.
• Plants convert water, carbon dioxide (the source of carbon), and sunlight into carbohydrates (sugars and starches) and oxygen.
So, light + water + carbon dioxide produces carbohydrate + oxygen
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• Plants and animals use cellular respiration to turn the stored energy in carbohydrates (source of carbon) into chemical energy for cells.
So, carbohydrates (source of carbon) + oxygen produces carbon dioxide (holds the carbon) and water.
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• Since the carbon is repeatedly cycled through both processes, this is called the carbon cycle.
• Other nutrients and elements cycle through the biosphere, such as the
- nitrogen cycle- phosphorus cycle- water cycle
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How can soil composition and fertility be altered in an ecosystem?
• To be fertile, soil requires:– minerals– appropriate ph– proper amount of water– most plants thrive in pH 7
– Acid rain makes the soil more acidic and then plants grow poorly and the decomposers (bacteria and fungi) die.
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Bioaccumulation or Bioamplification
• is the accumulation of a fat-soluble (dissolves in fat) pesticide or toxin in the body of organisms as it passes up the food chain
• The organism at the top of the food chain has the greatest concentration of the pesticide.
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Biomes
• 1. Tundra – poor soil quality, low to no precipitation, called an arctic or cold desert
• 2. Boreal forest- coniferous (pine) trees, 40 cm/year precipitation
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• 3. Temperate Deciduous Forest- deciduous trees, 100 cm/year precipitation, we live here!
• 4. Grassland- grasses, 25-75 cm/year precipitation, Manitoba to Rocky Mountains
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Why might a species be classified as endangered?
• The species is close to extinction in all parts of Canada (or in a significantly large location).
• This is due to:– climate change– competition from other species– impact of human activities
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Biodiversity
• Biodiversity is the variety of different species in the ecosystem.
Biodiversity is decreased by extinctions!