Ecology biology cheat sheet Cheat Sheet

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

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
	Chemotrophs Energy in chemical bonds

Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose by enzymes

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

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

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
	Impact through trophic/food interactions
Ex: Kangaroo Rats	Ex: Bees & Hummingbirds	Ex: Trees & Beavers

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Ecology biology cheat sheet Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by moriahwells