Review stack for basic ecology
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During which period did humans most alter their environment | Industrial Revolution
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A sustainable world would be characterized by this | Indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition.
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Ecological footprint | amount of land and ocean needed to support one person.
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The term biodiversity refers to | number and variety of species that live in an area.
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Classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers | statistics
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The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiement | control group
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the ozone layer is located | stratosphere
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Himalaya Mountains formed by | colliding tectonic plates
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What are the most geographically active regions on Earth. | Boundaries between tectonic plates
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Are soil and temperature biotic or abiotic factors | abiotic
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Bacteria and fungi do this for an ecosystem | break down dead and decaying things
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A gymnosperm is a... | plant
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What converts the nitrogen in the air to a usable form | bacteria
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This kind of organism gets their energy only from producers | herbivores
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This gas makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere | nitogen
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What kind of plant is an example of a pioneer species | lichen
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What is the difference between primary and secondary succession | Primary succession has to make the soil. Secondary succession occurs in a DISRUPTED ecosystem
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What human activity has mainly affected carbon in the atmosphere | Burning fossil fuels in great quantity
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If you visited a savanna, you would likely see this. | grazing herds of animals such as rhinos, gazelles, and giraffes
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Animals that live in the desert are called this because they hunt at night | nocturnal
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Where do most deserts form | on the dry side of mountains
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What are characteristics of the taiga | forest biome dominated by coniferous trees
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Tropical rain forests are threatened by this | Deforestation
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Estuaries are very productive ecosystems because they receive nutrients from these places | Rivers and oceans
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Swamps are commonly found on this type of land | flat poorly drained land
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The majority of marine organisms are found in this area of the ocean | Shallow, coastal waters
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In this lake zone, life is diverse | littoral zone
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It is cool and dark in this zone | Benthic zone
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Which organism produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem | phytoplankton
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Estuaries are ecosystems that contain this type of water | mix of fresh and salt
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The arrangement of organism in the open ocean is determined by this | Amount of nutrients and sunlight available
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Coral reefs are intricately shaped rocklike structures that are formed as a result of this | Secretions of calcium carbonate by tiny marine animals
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Why doesn't photosynthesis occur in deep ocean water | There is no sunlight
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All of the same species living in the same area is a(n) | population
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All of the organisms living in the same area | community
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All organisms living in the same area interacting with the living and nonliving factors is a(n) | ecosystem
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Symbiotic relationship where one organism is hurt and the other is helped | parasitism
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Symbiotic relationship where one organism is neither hurt and the other is helped | commensalism
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Symbiotic relationship where both are helped | mutualism
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Symbiotic relationship where one organism hunts kills and eats another organism | predator/prey
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CArrying capacity in an ecosystem is determined by this | The most limited resource
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