Chapter 9 Terms

Chapter 09 – Introduction to Island Life Forms & Ecosystems

 

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Learning about nature

Ecology

Defining ecology

Oikos

House

Logos

To study

Ecologist

 

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Botany

Zoology

Geology

Sea level rise

Ozone depletion

Overfishing

 

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How to solve all the problems in the world?

One at a time

Thinking globally, acting locally

Scientific method

Ecological studies

Precise

Accurate

Species

Horse

Donkey

Mule

 

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Brown bear

Polar bear

Fertile offspring

Best definition of a species

Species composition

Biodiversity

Habitat

Water column

Infauna

 

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Gamete

Egg

Sperm

Fertilized

Planktonic larva

Sandy habitat

Organism

Biological community

Population

Black sea cucumber

Holothuria atra

Spawning

 

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Ecosystem

Biotic

Abiotic

Landward

Seaward

Environment

Input

Export

 

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Biological

Physical

Interdependent

Tanapag lagoon

Boonie

Mosquito

Open ocean

Coral reef

 

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Seagrass

Beach

Forest

Savanna

Cross-ecosystem effect

Questioning the accepted

Define the heretofore indefinable

Ecological succession

 

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Climax forest

Succession

Neglected lawn

Ecological diversity

Predator

Prey

Diversity

Gagu tree

Da'ok tree

Hunek tree

Biology

 

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Classification

Karl von Linne

Systema Naturae

Fowl

Yard bird

Chicken

Taxonomy

Body structure

Embryological development

Evolutionary history

Aristotle

Latin

Ancient Greek

Dead language

Carolus Linnaeus

 

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Swedish botanist

Binomial nomenclature

Scientific name

Genus

Specific epithet

Homo sapiens

Wise man

Homo erectus

Homo habilis

Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens

Homo sp.

Homo spp.

 

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Systematics

Hierarchy

Biological Hierarchy

Five Kingdom Classification System

Characteristics

Genus name

Specific epithet

Species

Genus

Family

Order

Class

Phylum

Kingdom

Division

Family Hominidae

Domain

Binomial nomenclature

Hierarchical biological classification system

 

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Ecosystem analysis

Energy focus

Nutrient focus

Biogeochemical cycles

Population dynamics focus

Birth rates

Death rates

Mutation

Colonization

Extinction

Ecosystem structure focus

Niche

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