Ecosystem Biology and Sustainability

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Ecosystems Revision Sheet

1. 📌 Essentials

  • An ecosystem comprises biotic (living) and abiotic (non-living) components interacting within Earth's biosphere.
  • Photosynthesis converts solar energy chemical energy; cellular respiration releases it.
  • Food chains show linear energy transfer; food webs depict complex feeding relationships. Energy transfer efficiency between trophic levels is approximately 10%.
  • Key biogeochemical cycles: water, carbon, nitrogen; human activities disrupt these cycles.
  • Limiting factors (resources, predation, competition) regulate population sizes.
  • Biodiversity (species richness) is vital for ecosystem stability; loss leads to extinction.
  • Greenhouse gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O) trap heat, contributing to climate change.
  • Earth's layers: core (hotter), mantle, crust; atomic number = protons.
  • Earth's rotation (24h) causes day/night; revolution (365 days) causes seasons.
  • Tides result from Moon's gravitational pull.

2. 🧩 Key Structures & Components

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1. What is the primary function of photosynthesis in ecosystems?

2. What is the approximate efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels in an ecosystem?

3. In a food web, approximately what percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

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Nitrogen cycle — key step?

Nitrogen fixation by bacteria

Ecosystem components?

Biotic and abiotic interacting components.

Food web — structure?

Interconnected feeding relationships

Photosynthesis — role?

Converts solar energy to chemical energy.

Photosynthesis — process?

Converts light energy to chemical energy

Food chains vs food webs?

Linear vs complex feeding relationships.

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