Tropical Savanna A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region. Major biomes include deserts, forests, grasslands, tundra, and savanna. Each biome consists of many ecosystems whose communities have adapted to the small differences in climate and the environment inside the biome. Any change in one part of an environment, like an increase or decrease of a species of animal or plant, causes a ripple effect of change in through other parts of the environment.
Water (chemical formula: H2O) is a transparent fluid which forms the world's streams, lakes, oceans and rain, and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound, a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice; and gaseous state, steam (water vapor). It also exists as snow, fog, dew and cloud Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is water.
Biology Excursion Question Using data collected on field trip and two named animals, explain the relationship between the distribution and abundance of these two organisms and the abiotic features of the rock platform. There is a close relationship between the abundance and the distribution of organisms living amongst the long reef platform. Abiotic features such as temperature range, salinity, Ph. levels, turbidity, water availability effect the distribution and abundance of aquatic sea creatures living in the area. Some of the organisms such as Tesseropora Roseas (Barnacles) and Knobbly Winks have different adaptations, which allow them to survive in these harsh conditions.
a) Biotic describes a living component of a community; for example organisms, such as plants and animals. b) abiotic components (also known as abiotic factors) are non-living chemical and physical factors in the environment which affect ecosystems. c) Herbivores are organisms that are anatomically and physiologically adapted to eat plant-based foods. Herbivory is a form of consumption in which an organism principally eats autotrophs such as plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria. More generally, organisms that feed on autotrophs in general are known as primary consumers.
Unit 6 Seminar 1.How are these cycles essential for life and what roles do these forms of matter serve for different types of organisms? Ecology is the branch of science that studies interdependent groups of living things, called ecosystems. Each ecosystem is characterized by its physical environment and its community of living organisms. In every ecosystem many different organisms, each competing for matter and energy, occupy their own ecological niches. Photosynthetic plants in the first trophic level use energy from the Sun; these plants provide the energy for animals in higher trophic levels.
The Rideau River Ecosystem and Food Web Team A BIO/101 Brian Fox The Rideau River Ecosystems are biological populations of interacting organisms and their physical surroundings. Many are areas of lands that have changed due to the nearby water currents. These areas of land are home to many animals and plants that have adapted to survive. Each individual ecosystem is comprised of different features that make it conducive to certain plants and animals. That means each ecosystem is unique.
An ecosystem is the interaction between abiotic and non-abiotic components of an environment as a functional unit.. The vulnerability of an ecosystem is determined by four main factors, these being Biodiversity, Extent, Location and Linkages. The level of fragility within an ecosystem is determined by the extent of natural and human induce stresses, increasing disruption of an ecosystem can lead to higher levels of vulnerability and reduced resilience. An ecosystem that demonstrates vulnerability is the Daintree Rainforest, the wet tropics have been subjective to heavy logging and agricultural clearance as well as being exposed to climate change as well as being an extremely old ecosystem, leaving the Daintree in a particularly vulnerable position. Biodiversity is highly important when determining the vulnerability and resilience of an ecosystem as species, genetic and population diversity can have detrimental effects on the ability of an ecosystem to survive and recover after damage.
(c) An ecosystem consists of a community of organisms and its physical environment, and a community is made up of many different populations of organisms. (d) An ecosystem consists of a population of organisms and its physical environment, and a population is made up of many different communities of organisms. 4. The algae at the beginning of the food chain in Figure 3–1 are (1 point) consumers. decomposers.
AP Bio Cornell Notes: Ecosystems 8/16/13 | Notetaking Column | Cue Column | An ecosystem consists of all the organisms living in a community as well as all the abiotic factors with which they interact. | Ecosystems | The dynamics of an ecosystem involve two processes that cannot be fully described by population or community processe: energy flow and chemical cycling. | Energy | Energy enters most ecosystems in the form of sunlight; it is converted to chemical energy by autotrophs, passed to heterotrophs in the organic compounds of food, and dissipated as heat. | | Energy cannot be recycled. | | The transformation of energy can be followed by grouping the species in a community into trophic levels
Evolution forces adaptations to changes in environmental conditions in a population. The diversity of life on earth reflects the wide variety of adaptations necessary and suggests that environmental conditions have varied widely over the life of the earth. 3. An ecological niche is a species’ way of life or its functional role in a community. Everything that affects its survival and reproduction (temperature tolerance, water needs, space needs, interactions with other organisms, etc.)