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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the larger the human population grows the need for what increases | the need for resources increases |
| earth's carrying capacity is what | unknown |
| what are the earths six biomes | tropical, grassland, dessert, temperate, taiga, tundra |
| what are the qulities of a teperate decidous forest | hot in summer cold in winter rain evenly spaced home to broad leaf |
| what are the qualities of a teperate rainforest | long wet season dry summer home to evergreens |
| what are the qualities of a tropical grassland | warm with rainy seasons and dry seasons tall grasses trees and shrubs |
| what are the qualities of a temperate grassland | warm during summer snow during winter animals live below ground short/tall grasses |
| what is the biosphere | part of earth where all life exsists |
| where is the intertidal zone | between low and high tide |
| where is the neritic zone | intertidal zone to continental shelf |
| where is bathyal zone | from neritic zone to continental shelf |
| where is the abyssal zone | below 2000 meters |
| what are estuaries | where rivers flow into an ocean |
| what are the fresh water zones | littoral zone, limnetic zone, benthic zone |
| what is an ecological footprint | the amount of land needed to support a person which must produce food and water shelter energy and place for waste |
| what is a habitat fermentation | barriers that stop an organism from accessing entire home range |