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