Cheatography
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This is a cheat sheet pertaining to ecology.
This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.
Why do we eat?
Biosynthesis Metabolism: Food can be used to build you (may be referenced as 'bricks') |
Energy Metabolism: Food can be used to make usable energy which can be used to power/fuel chemical reactions and interactions |
What does Biosynthesis and Energy Metabolism do?
Biosynthesis |
Energy Metabolism |
- Goal to build organic molecules |
-Goal is to make usable energy (ATP) |
Autotrophs: CO2-> all organics they need, which make food for all other heterotrophic organisms |
-Can use chemical compounds inside their body for 1. (all organisms perform Glycosis |
Primary Producers |
-To release heat as a by-product |
Heterotrophs- Organics-> produce the organics they need, and must eat other organisms that have eaten autotrophs |
Photoautotrophs- initial energy is from the sun |
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Chemotrophs Energy in chemical bonds |
Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose by enzymes
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Types of Energy
Kinetic energy: Energy of movement (radiant, thermal, sound,mechanical and electrical) |
Potential energy: Stored energy (gravitational, elastic, nuclear, chemical and thermal) |
Field energy: electromagnetic (light) energy |
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Species Interactions
Amensalism: (-/0) One organism is harmed while the other is unaffected |
Commensalism (+/0) One organism benefits while the other is unaffected |
Mutualism (+/+) Facilitation can be mutualistic or commensalism |
Consumer-Resource (+/-) One organism eats another organism |
Interspecific competition (-/-) Both organisms competing over the same limiting resource |
Resource Partitioning is the solution to this problem of interspecific competition
Species Interaction
Dominant Species |
Keystone Species |
Ecosystem Engineer |
Abundant |
Not abundant |
Not Abundant |
Hypothesis::Most competitive in exploiting resources |
Many indifferent effects |
Changes environment directly |
Hypothesis:Most successful at avoiding predatios |
Common that it's a predator |
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Impact through trophic/food interactions |
Ex: Kangaroo Rats |
Ex: Bees & Hummingbirds |
Ex: Trees & Beavers |
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