REVIEW: SUCCESSION, BIOMES, & POPULATIONS
A DEFENDED AREA THAT PROVIDES ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT
THE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN IT.
THE MAXIMUM # OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES THAT CAN LIVE
IN AN AREA INDEFINITELY.
THE TYPE OF POPULATION GROWTH THAT HAS A “J” SHAPED CURVE.
A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OF THE SAME SPECIES THAT LIVE IN THE
SAME AREA AND INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
ANYTHING THAT CAUSES POPULATIONS TO GROW MORE SLOWLY OR
DECREASE.
A NATURAL RELATIONSHIP CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST KNOWN
MECHANISM OF POPULATION CONTROL.
AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIES THAT USES A SOCIAL HIEARCHY TO
DETERMINE WHICH INDIVIDUALS EAT OR BREED.
THE FINAL STAGE OF SUCCESSION.
THE TYPE OF SUCCESSION THAT BEGINS WITHOUT SOIL.
FIRE OFTEN LEADS TO THIS TYPE OF SUCCESSION.
THE FIRST SPECIES TO OCCUPY A BARE SITE.
AN EXAMPLE OF A PIONEER SPECIES.
SERIES OF CHANGES THAT OCCUR DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN
ECOSYSTEM; GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF ONE COMMUNITY BY
ANOTHER.
A TYPE OF COMMUNITY COMMONLY FOUND IN THE UP.
AN EXAMPLE OF A DENSITY DEPENDENT FACTOR.
AN EXAMPLE OF A DENSITY INDEPENDENT FACTOR.
THE TYPE OF POPULATION GROWTH CHARACTERIZED BY A RAPID
INCREASE IN THE BEGINNING WHICH THEN STABILIZES.
ORGANISMS WITH THIS LIFE HISTORY PATTERN HAVE SMALL BODIES
WITH SHORT LIFE SPANS AND REPRODUCE EARLY.
IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS ARE ADDED TO AND REMOVED
FROM A POPULATION.
GIVE TWO WAYS IN WHICH PREDATORS BENEFIT PREY SPECIES.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO AN ANIMAL SPECIES THAT EXCEEDS ITS
CARRYING CAPACITY? WHY?
BIOME FOUND NEAR THE EQUATOR; TEMPERATURES STABLE IN THE
70’S. CONTAIN THE MOST DIVERSE PLANT & ANIMAL SPECIES. LIGHT
AND SOIL QUALITY ARE MAIN LIMITING FACTORS.
GIVE TWO LIMITING FACTORS FOR THE TUNDRA.
ANIMALS OF THIS BIOME INCLUDE DEER, SKUNK, & RACCOON; LEAVES
CHANGE COLOR IN THE FALL.
LARGE HERBIVORES (GIRAFFES, ZEBRA, BUFFALO) ARE COMMON TO
THIS TYPE OF BIOME. FREQUENT FIRES PREVENT LARGE TREES FROM
COLONIZING THE AREA.
EVERGREENS ARE THE DOMINANT PLANT LIFE IN THIS BIOME.
THIS BIOME IS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW PRECIPITATION; REPTILES,
SEED-EATERS, & CACTI ARE COMMON.
DETERMINES WHAT THE EVENTUAL CLIMAX COMMUNITY IN AN AREA
WILL BE.
AS SUCCESSION PROCEEDS, WHAT HAPPENS TO SPECIES DIVERSITY?
AN ORGANISM’S ABILITY TO WITHSTAND FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SYMPTOMS OF STRESS THAT CAN LEAD TO A DECREASE IN
POPULATION SIZE.
NON-LIVING FACTORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS TYPE OF SUCCESSION OCCURS WHEN COMMUNITIES ARE
DISRUPTED.
ELEPHANTS, BEARS, WHALES, HUMANS, & TREES HAVE THIS TYPE OF
LIFE HISTORY PATTERN.
A LARGE GROUP OF ECOSYSTEMS THAT SHARE THE SAME TYPE OF
CLIMAX COMMUNITY.