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EP Final Review 2

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Biomes   described by vegetation, vegetation determined by temperature and precipitation, north to south=tundra, grassland, tropical rain forest  
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Savanna   grazing animals  
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Grasslands   threatened by erosion, rich soil  
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Tropical Rain Forest   animals are specialized to avoid competition, buttresses, vines, large flat leaves in understory, eagles, bats, and snakes in emergent layer, threatened by deforestation  
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Deserts   dry side of mountain ranges  
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Tundra   permafrost, fragile  
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Taiga   coniferous forest, shape accumulates snow to insulate trees  
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Chaparral   fire is beneficial, plants resprout from small amounts of vegetation, coastal and Meditarranean  
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Temperate Deciduous Forest   squirrels, bears, deer eat nuts, berries, and leaves  
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Temperate Rain Forest   high humidity, mosses, lichens, ferns, large evergreens, moderate temps  
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Latitude   distance north or south of equator  
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Estuaries   fresh and marine water, nutrients from rivers and oceans, many pollutants  
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Coastal pollution   industrial waste and sewage  
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Swamps   flat, poorly drained land, woody shrubs and water loving trees  
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Marine   most organisms in shallow coastal waters, threats=runoff, discharge, overfishing, nets, sewage, algal blooms  
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Rivers   widen, slow, and warm as the move to flatter ground  
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Lakes   have regions with little sunlight  
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Wetlands   remove water pollutants, plentiful nutrients, perceived as disease infested, diverse, marshes, swamps  
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Ponds   organisms depend on sunlight, temperature, nutrients  
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Littoral   diverse and abundant life  
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Benthic   cool dark water  
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Nekton   swims freely  
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Benthos   attached to a surface  
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Open ocean   organisms depend on nutrients  
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Coral reefs   formed by secretion of calcium carbonate, threatened by oil spills, pesticides, sewage  
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Salt marshes/ mangrove swamps   provide habitats, found along coast, threatened by development, high salt content  
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Population Density   number of individuals per unit area  
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Parasite   roundworm, ticks, mistletoe, cause host to be more vulnerable  
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Predator=prey   lynx and hare, predator kills prey  
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Random dispersion   solitary organisms  
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Density independent deaths   storms  
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Reproductive potential   bacteria have high potential, increase potential by reproducing earlier in life  
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Ants and acacia trees   mutualism  
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Niche   organisms role in the environment  
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Carrying capacity   determined by supply of the most limited resource  
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Commensalism   symbiosis where one benefits, the other is unharmed  
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Mutualism   symbiosis where both organisms benefit  
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Parasitism   symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is harmed  
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Population   number of individuals in an area  
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Habitat   location an organism lives  
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Competition   can occur between populations, within a population, between overlapping niches  
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Biotic potential   maximum number of offspring each individual can produce  
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Surface water   less than 1% of all of Earth’s water  
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Fresh water   most is in the north and south poles  
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Water treatment   chlorine kills bacteria  
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Water management   diverts water to where it is needed  
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Conservation   low flow showerheads, allows more freshwater to use  
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Point source   easily identified source of pollution  
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Nonpoint source   runoff  
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Groundwater   difficult to clean because it is deep, pollutants cling, recycling takes a long time  
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Ocean pollution   pollutants come from land  
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1990 Oil pollution act   double hulled tankers  
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Watershed   largest in US is Mississippi River  
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Phosphates   begin process that kills fish  
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Water use conflicts   upstream country builds a dam  
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Dams   decreased construction because of environmental concerns, create energy, both sides of the dam change  
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Aquifers   hard to purify  
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Water pollution   effects multiply through food chain  
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Thermal pollution and eutrophication   decrease dissolved oxygen  
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Climate   long term conditions  
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Atmosphere   warm air rises and cold air sinks  
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Carbon Dioxide since 1958   higher high amounts and higher low amounts  
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Latitude   influences climate due to how much sun hits the earth  
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Ozone layer   polar regions, seasonal, years to reverse, chlorine is released from clouds in the spring  
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CFC’s   10 to 20 years to reach stratosphere  
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Greenhouse gases   trap heat  
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Ultra violet radiation   damage genetic material  
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