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Ecology & The Environment: Ecosystem - Coggle Diagram
Ecology & The Environment: Ecosystem
Interaction between Ecosystem
Competitions among the organism
animals compete for food, shelter, mates, nesting sites; plants compete for carbon dioxide, mineral ions, light and water
Interaction between organism and the environment
plants absorb mineral ions, carbon dioxide and
water from the environment and plants
give off water vapour and oxygen into the environment
animals use the material from the environment
build shelters
the temperature of the environment can affect processes occurring in the organism, processes occusing in organism
affect the temperature of the environment (all organism produce some heat)
Feeding among the organism - the plants, animals, and decomposers are continually recycling the same nutrients through the ecosystem
Factors
Biotic
Biological
Paratism
Disease
Predation
Availability of food and competitions for food recources
Presence of pollinating insects
Availability of nest sites
Abiotic
Physical or chemical factors
Hours of daylight
Soil conditions
Clay content, nitrate level, particle size, water content and pH
Climate
Light intensity, temperature and water availability
Other factors specific to a particular habitat
Salinity (salt content) in an estuary, flow rate in a river , or oxygen concentration in a lake
Pollutions
Feeding Relationships
Food Chain
The simplest way of showing feeding relationships within an ecosystem
Trophic Levels
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Producer
Food Web
Definition
All of the food chains in an ecosystem
Differences
Food chains is a single lines sequence, food web followes multiple paths
Ecologic Pyramids
Pyramids of Number
Number of organism
Pyramids of Biomass
Total mass of organism
Biomes
Grasslands
Prairies
Steppes
Savana
Forest
Tropical
Temperate Deciduous
Boreal (Taiga)
Terminology
Environment
Habitat
Eco System
Aquatic
Marine
Fresh Water
Tundra
Arctic
Alpine
Dessert
Coastal
Cold
Arid and Semi-Arid
Component of Ecosystem
The pysical environment
All the non biological component of the ecosystem
Biotic
The living components of an ecosystem are called the biotic components
Decomposers
Organism that break down dead material and help to recycle nutrients
Consumers
Animals that eat plant or other animals
Abiotic
The non living (physical) components are the abiotic components
Producers
Plants which photosynthesise to produce food
Population
All the organism of a particular species found in an ecosystem at a certain time form the population of that species
Habitat
The place where an organism lives
Community
The population of all species (animals, plants, and other organism) found in an ecosystem at a particular time form the community
