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ESC
Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Environment | All of the factors that effect living organisms |
| Best management practices | set of guidelines for the best use of resources |
| Ecological footprint | an index that measures the impacts of humans on the environment |
| Habitat | resources a species need to survive |
| Ecology | science dealing with the relationships between living organisms and the environment |
| sustainable development | using resources in a way that does not compromise the use of them for future generations |
| Biodiversity hot spot | areas that have a high number of endemic species |
| Guild | group of species that have a similar niche |
| Niche | species specific role within an ecosystem |
| IPM (Intergrated pest management) | several strategies combined together to control pests |
| wildlife | all living organisms not domesticated or cultivated by humans |
| Adaptive radiation | evolution of new species in new environments |
| heterotroph | an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth |
| Cover crops | crops planted to manage soil fertility,quality, biodiversity and wildlife in agroecosystems |
| conservation easement | a voluntary agreement that allows a landowner to limit the type or amount of development on their property |
| Old growth forest | an ecosystem distinguished by old trees and related structural attributes |
| Sustianed Yield | the amount of a resource that can be used without diminishing the supply |
| trophic level | the position an organism occupies on a food web |
| Ecosystem management | process that aims to conserve major ecological services and restore natural resources while meeting socioeconomic, political, and cultural needs of current and future generations |
| virgin forest | a forest in its natural state before it has been exploited by man |
| Riparian buffer | a vegetative area near a stream that helps protect the stream from pollutants |
| ecosystem | a biological environment consisting of all living and non living things |
| Natural resource | resources that occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind in a natural form |
| biodiversity | the variety of life at all levels of organization |
| autotroph | an organism that produces complex organic compounds |
| ecological services | benefits that come from the ecological functions of healthy ecosystems |
| GMO | an organism who's genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques |
| Food web | illustration showing feeding connections in an ecological community |
| food chain | a linear sequence of links in a food web starting from the first producer to the last consumer |
| Environmental science | the study of the environment and the role of humans living within it |
| commensalism | barnacles that attach to whales |
| mutualism | clown fish and sea anemone |
| parasitism | heart worms and dog |
| predation | coyote and rabbit |
| example of a producer | oaktree |
| main reason for loss of biodiversity | habitat loss |
| mutualistic relationship between tree roots and fungi | mycorrhizae |
| not required by the endangered species act | development of a captive breeding program |
| largest threat to tropical rainforests | human invasions on forest along logging roads |
| different tools used for managing wildlife | regulate hunting and fishing improve habitat, control disease |
| examples of invasive species and problems they create | tree of heaven, autom olive, kudzo |
| what happens to the energy of the sun that reaches the planet | majority is reflected back into the atmosphere |
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carraig
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