Ecosystem Components and Interactions I. Introduction An ecosystem is a complex relationship between a community of organisms and the environment that they dwell in where energy is exchanged and transformed. Ecosystem includes the biotic (living organisms)‚ the abiotic (physical and chemical factors)‚ and the interactions made between these. They continually interact with each other‚ thus making complex systems with intersecting properties wherein “everything is connected”. In ecosystem ecology
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More than two thousand years ago‚ people in India played a board game called chaturanga. This board game is said to be the beginning of chess. Chaturanga means ‘four limbs`. It stood for the four parts of the army-the warriors who fought on horses‚ the charioteers an the infantry. Since the game was about the army and war plans‚ it was very popular with kings warriors and scholars. Chaturanga was played by four people. Players sitting opposite each other were parters. Each player had four
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The light is greener on the other side In the 1920’s or more commonly known as the Roaring Twenties new inventions‚ ideas‚ and perspectives extended across the United States. Life as Americans known it was evolving right before their very own eyes. Mankind migrating to the country out of the city‚ stock markets booming‚ music‚ and culture spread like love on Valentine’s day. Speaking of love‚ love is an important part of life. Most people believe they need love or to be loved in order to survive;
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1. Explain the distinction Jean Grimshaw makes between misogyny and philosophically significant ‘maleness’ of philosophical theories. Jean Grimshaw argues the idea that the discipline of Philosophy is gendered in some way by making a distinction between misogyny and philosophically significant ‘maleness ‘of philosophical theories. The ‘maleness’ of philosophy is characterised by the fact that most of the practitioners of philosophy have been and are still male. Grimshaw argues that this fact alone
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Needs a clearer sense of discovery (Stimulus 2) A young boy trekked the isolated‚ lifeless plains of Salmon Falls‚ with a tin box in one hand and a bottled flower in another. As he treaded alongside the drained stream‚ the crunching sound of the dry tree pods‚ branches of dead trees and soundless birds rose from under his feet. The earth’s naked cavities testified the reality of the wild white oaks that had fallen to the detestable mercenary of men. The boy tightened his grip around the flower bottle
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Chapter 22: Geologic Time Determining the age of the earth: Identify the methods used for determining the age of the earth‚ what each method reveals‚ and when it is appropriate to use each of them. Including: Principles of Uniformity‚ Horizontality‚ Superimposition and Cross cutting relationships Erosion‚ Deposits and Unconformity Radiometric dating‚ Carbon 14 Dating & Use of the Geomagnetic Timescale Fossils: Define and differentiate between Paleontology and Archaeology Define fossils
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1. What are the characteristics of a living organism? 2. How do you determine the TOTAL magnification of the field of view of a microscope? 3. What is homeostasis? How is homeostasis important to the survival of an organism? How is homeostasis maintained in a human? 4. What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis? 5. Define osmosis‚ hypertonic‚ hypotonic‚ isotonic solutions 6. What happens if you have a high concentration of salt water on the outside of the egg‚ yet there is very little
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Topic 2: The Ecosystem 2.1.1 Biotic: living factors or components‚ e.g. plants and animals. Abiotic: non-living factors or components‚ e.g. soil‚ water‚ wind‚ etc… 2.1.2 Trophic level: is the position that an organism or a group of organisms in a community occupies in a food chain. 2.1.3 A food chain shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next. A food web is a complex network of interrelated food chains. Producers (autotrophs): manufacture their
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Lecture 1: What are the 3 domains of life? (Ch. 12‚ Section “The Three Domains of Life”) Bacteria‚ Archaea‚ and Eukarya What marine organism represents the vast majority of the ocean’s biomass? (Ch. 12‚ Section “How Are Marine Organisms Classified?”) Plankton Plankton is a organism that float. Why is a copepod‚ which can swim and propel itself through the water‚ classified as plankton? (Ch. 12‚ Section “Plankton”) Because of its small size‚ it cannot swim very far or fast so its location
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environment ➢ Abiotic factors –temperature and water ➢ Microclimate – a classification at the small scale variation ➢ Dispersal – movement away fro origin ➢ Macroclimate – a classification at the global and regional level ➢ Parasitism – organisms like bacteria that enter a host‚ living organism where a parasite may live ➢ Competing – Two species compete with another species for resources such as food‚ water‚ or territory ➢ Biomes – major types of ecosystems that occupy
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