Ecology Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Ecology and Environment

Download Ecology Terms and Definitions and more Quizzes Ecology and Environment in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Ecology DEFINITION 1 study of interactions between organisms and their environment TERM 2 Scale DEFINITION 2 Spatial or temporal dimension at which that observations are collected at TERM 3 Population DEFINITION 3 Group of individuals of a single speciesLive in a certain areaInteract with one another TERM 4 Community DEFINITION 4 Different species of the same area interacting with one another TERM 5 Biotic DEFINITION 5 Living components of a natural system/ecosystem TERM 6 Abiotic DEFINITION 6 parts of the physical environment (non-living)EX: temperature, nutrients, precipitation TERM 7 Ecosystem DEFINITION 7 Community of organisms + physical environment TERM 8 Adaptation DEFINITION 8 Organism changes particular feature over time in order to survive and reproduce in its environment TERM 9 Natural Selection DEFINITION 9 Organisms with traits fit for their environment will survive and reproduce at a much larger rate than those who do not possess those traits TERM 10 Producer DEFINITION 10 Organism that is able to create its own food without having to consume other organismsEX: using the sun to make food for plants TERM 21 Conduction DEFINITION 21 Thermal conduction; energy transfer caused by collision of molecules TERM 22 Convection DEFINITION 22 Movement of currents of air and water TERM 23 Sensible Heat Flux DEFINITION 23 Warm air close to Earth's surface is transferred to the cooler parts of the atmosphere via convection TERM 24 Greenhouse Gases DEFINITION 24 Gases that can absorb and reradiate IR radiationEX: CO2, CH4 TERM 25 Subsidence DEFINITION 25 Air moves downwards to Earth's surface when it meets a temperature that is similar to the atmosphere surrounding itHigh pressure areas around 30 degree latitudes- deserts TERM 26 Hadley Cell DEFINITION 26 Movement of warm air upwards at the equator TERM 27 Polar Cell DEFINITION 27 occurs at North and South polescold, dense air is located at the poles and moves toward the equatorPolar Deserts TERM 28 Ferrell Cell DEFINITION 28 driven by movements of Hadley cells and polar cells TERM 29 Tropics DEFINITION 29 Between 30 North and Southlow pressure, lots of precipitation TERM 30 Temperate Zones DEFINITION 30 Lie between 30 and 60 North and SouthPrecipitation evenly distributed amongst all seasons TERM 31 Polar Zones DEFINITION 31 High pressure, little precipitationAbove 60 N and S TERM 32 Coriolis Effect DEFINITION 32 Winds deflected clockwise in the Northern HemisphereWinds deflected counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere TERM 33 Rain-shadow Effect DEFINITION 33 lower precipitation and soil moisture on slopes facing away from prevailing wind and higher precipitation and soil moisture on the windward slope