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Environment - Coggle Diagram
Environment
Biodiversity - variety of living species that can be found in a particular place
Diverse ecosystems are more resilient to change and significant disturbances
In places that are more diverse, there are often more human benefits regarding food, medicine and shelter.
Within an ecosystem, multiple types of species and organisms may work together to sustain their habitats. For example, organisms such as sea sponges work to filter water and take the nutrients for other reef species. This provides a habitat for worms and fish.
Biodiversity can also be appreciated for its beauty on the outside. Some organisms clean the habitat they live in which contribute to the outside appearances.
Human consumption and activity is prohibiting biodiversity in certain habitats and ecosystems. Threats to biodiversity include climate change and pollution, both issues that humans largely contribute to. We need to work towards conservation efforts to preserve biodiverse ecosystems.
Ecosystem - specific portion of the environment
Limiting factors - factors in the environment that limit the size of populations
biotic - living
Predator - kills & eats organisms
Prey - killed for food
abiotic - non-living
Habitat - specific environment an organism calls "home"
Competition - struggle for resources among organisms
Carrying capacity - # of organisms of any species that an ecosystem can support
Energy Pyramid - diagram that illustrates the transfer of energy through a food chain or web
producer - self-feeders (the start of food chains)
Autotroph - photosynthetic organisms that rely on themselves for food
consumer - an organism that takes the energy of what it consumed
Hetereotroph - consumers that acquire their food by feeding off of organisms
Different heterotrophs that contribute to the energy flow within an ecosystem
Carnivore - consumers that eat meat
Herbivore - consumers that eat plants
Decomposer - consumers that feed off of dead organisms and waste and recycle the nutrients back into the soil
Scavenger - consumers that feed off of dead organisms (Ex. vultures)
Food Web - diagrams that show more complex relationships between producers, consumers and decomposers
Food Chain - illustrate relationships between predator and prey