Relier Pairs Systems and Models (part 3) - Review for Ecology UnitVersion en ligne assignment par Benjamin D Morgan 1 Energy Transformations 2 How does the number of predators affect the prey population? The dependent variable is... 3 System Function 4 Closed System 5 Open System 6 Model 7 Model Importance 8 System Importance 9 System Interaction 10 How does the number of predators affect the prey population? The controlled variable is... 11 Actual System 12 Energy Transfers 13 Flows within 14 Types of models 15 How does the number of predators affect the prey population? The independent variable is... When matter or energy moves inside of a system When matter cannot enter or leave a system, but energy can enter/leave Predator population To help us understand systems better by allowing us to study it, perform experiments, etc on a smaller version of the system Systems effect other systems. Objects and energy will leave one system and enter another system. Prey population Autotroph population Representation of the actual system When energy moves from one system (object) to another system (object) What a system is designed for...it's job/role Energy can change from one type of energy to another type of energy when it interacts with a system The system or object under study. Not a representation When matter can enter and leave a system. 3D smaller items, computer simulations, diagrams, pictures. For tracking energy and matter flows so that we can better understand the concept