Flashcards
alaska ecology semester 1
Flashcards do conjunto (21)
- 1predatorsomething that kills other animal
- 2preythe animal that gets killed by predator
- 3carrying capacityhow many animals or plants of a certain species an area can hold
- 4limiting factorsfactors that limit the size of a population
- 5habitatthe place the organism lives at
- 6hydricsaturated with water
- 7permafrostperennially frozen ground
- 8transpirationtrees release water into atmosphere when they respirate
- 9marine derived nutrientsnutrients that originate in the ocean and make there way inland
- 10bandingsilver bands with 8 to 9 digits used to track birds. contact U.S fish and wildlife service if a bird with a band is found
- 11adaptationstraits that help an organism survive a limiting factor
- 12topographyshape of the land
- 13succession
- 14photosythisis
- 15nitrogen fixersbacteria that fix the atmospheric nitrogen to make it available for plants
- 16aspectdirection that the face of a mountain faces
- 17herbivoreplant eater
- 18carnivoremeat eater
- 19omnivoreeats both plants and meat
- 20detritivoredecay dead (detritus) things
- 21producersuse sunlight to make its own fooc
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- some facts about alaskan ecology
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- Joseph Williams
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