Chapter 1: Ecology

All the interacting parts of a biological community and that community's enviroment

an ecosystem that can take pressure and is able to give support to other organisms

a living organism in an ecosystem

a non-living organism in an ecosystem

parts of the Earth's surface (e.g, rocks)

all the the liquid parts of earth (e.g, ground water, lakes, oceans)

the gas parts of the earth

all the living organisms in all the different spheres

Chemicals that are need by living organisms to survive

when an aquatic ecosystem has an increase in nutrients, therefore leading to an algal bloom

the process of solar energy being turned into chemical energy

different categories of organisms that are defined by how they gain their energy

(e.g, primary producers, consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers)

the total mass of living organisms in a specified trophic level

a measurement of the total energy when transferred from one trophic level, to the next, higher one

When materials (usually toxins) are taken it at a higher rate than they are eliminated

the increase of a concentration of toxin(s) from one trophic level to the next higher one

a process that releases the energy in organic molecules (usually carbohydrates) in the presence of oxygen

a process that releases the energy in organic molecules (usually carbohydrates) in the absence of oxygen

Gases that prevent heat from leaving the atmosphere, therefore increasing the temperature of the atmosphere

The warming of Earth due to greenhouse gases

Precipitation that is acidic due to greenhouse gases