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APES Ecosystems Questions and Answers Ecosystems Community of different species interacting with one another and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy. Components of an Ecosystem +Biotic-Living (plants, animals, etc.) +Abiotic-Non-living (water, air, nutrients, etc.) -Ph...

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  • December 2, 2024
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  • ecosystems community of different species interact
  • components of an ecosystem biotic living plants

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APES Ecosystems Questions and
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Ecosystems - answer Community of different species interacting with one another
and with their nonliving environment of matter and energy.

Components of an Ecosystem - answer +Biotic-Living (plants, animals, etc.)
+Abiotic-Non-living (water, air, nutrients, etc.)
-Physical and chemical factors that influence living organisms.
-Each population has a range of tolerance to variations in its physical and chemical
environment.

Ecology - answer How organisms interact with one another and their non-living
environment.
-Parasitic: +/-
-Muttualistic: +/+
-Commensalism: +/=

Biomes - answer Large regions such as forests, deserts and grasslands.
-Distinct climate
-Specific life-form

Ecotone - answer Ecosystems rarely have distinct boundaries and are not self-
contained.
-Formed when one ecosystem merges with the next in a transition zone (when
increased, called and edge effect.)

Law of Tolerance - answer The existence, abundance, and distribution of species is
determined by physical and chemical conditions that species can tolerate.

Limiting Factor - answer Too much or too little of an abiotic factor can limit or prevent
growth of a population *Precipitation (key factor)*

Aquatic Limiting Factors - answer 1. Temperature
2. Sunlight
3. Dissolved oxygen content (amount of O2 in a given volume of water.)
4. Nutrient availability
5. Salinity

Producers - answer Autotrophs-Make their own food.
Examples: Green plants, algae, phytoplankton.

Consumers - answer Heterotrophs-feed on other organisms.

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