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Exam 1

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Ecosystem

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environmental system that includes one or more communities and their non-living environments

#2
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Population

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Individuals of the same species

#3
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Closed systems

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systems that only exchange energy and do not exchange matter

#4
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Open systems

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systems that exchange both matter and energy with other systems

#5
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Ethics

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branch of philosophy that deals with standards of right and wrong

#6
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Environmental ethics

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application of ethics to environmental issues

#7
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Anthropocentrism

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worldview that considers human beings as most important

#8
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Anthropocentrism

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worldview that considers human beings as most important

#9
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Biocentrism

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worldview that values all living things

#10
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Ecocentrism

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worldview that values the entire environment, both living and nonliving things

#11
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Conversation ethics

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Viewpoint in which people interact with the environment and actively manage it so that others may enjoy it far into the future

#12
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Preservation ethics

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Viewpoint that the environment itself is worth protecting in its unaltered condition

#13
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Photosynthesis reaction

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(carbon dioxide) 6CO2 + (water) 6H2O + solar energy —> (glucose) C6H12O6 + (oxygen) 6O2

#14
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Autotrophs

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organisms that can make their own food (e.g., photosynthesis)

#15
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Cellular respiration reaction

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(glucose) C6H12O6 + (oxygen) 6O2 —> (carbon dioxide) 6CO2 + (water) 6H2O + energy

#16
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Primary producer

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autotroph; organism that can make its own food (e.g., process of photosynthesis)

#17
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Trophic level

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position in the food chain that reflects energy flow

#18
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_____% of energy is lost during energy transfers; _____% of energy is passed on during energy transfers

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90; 10

#19
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As you move up in trophic level, _____ energy is available for the next level to use

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Less

#20
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Intraspecific competition

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competition between members of the same species

#21
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Symbiosis

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any interaction between individuals of different species

#22
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Types of Interactions Between Species, and Their Effects:

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Predation + - Competition - - Parasitism + - Mutualism + + Commensalism + 0

#23
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Interspecific predation

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predation between different species

#24
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Interspecific competition

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competition between two different species