Question | Answer |
Polydactylism | multiple fingers or toes (more than 5) |
Environmental Science | the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community |
Ecology | the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another with their environment |
Hooke (describe with 2 words) | cell, cork |
van Leeuwenhoek (describe with 2 words) | micro, pond water |
Schleiden (describe with 2 words) | plant cells |
Schwann (describe with 2 words) | animal cells |
Domain | largest classification |
Kingdom | 2nd level of classification |
Phylum | 3rd level of classification |
Class | 4th level of classification |
Order | 5th level of classification |
Family | 6th level of classification |
Genius | 7th level of classification |
Species | smallest classification |
| how we use natural resources, how our actions alter our environment |
an example of using renewable resources | building wooden furniture |
24,000 to 40,000 people | die of starvation everyday |
main types of pollution | biodegradable, non biodegradable |
Biodiversity | the diversity, or variety, of plants and animals and other living things in a particular area or region |
"The Tragedy of the Commons" describes what | the conflict between individuals and society |
Sustainable | the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive |
Ecological Footprint | the amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person |
Algae | organism most likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain |
Food Web | the term used to refer to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem |
Herbivores | the kind of organism that obtains energy only producers |
If an insect eats a plant and a bird eats an insect, about how much energy comes form the plant | 10% |
Littoral zone | a shallow zone in a freshwater habitat where light reaches the bottom and nurtures plants |
Fresh Water Ecosystem | a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems. They include lakes and ponds, rivers, streams and springs, and wetlands. |
4 examples of freshwater ecosystems | lake, river, streams, ponds |
nektonic | an organism that swims freely |
Benthic | an organism that lives at the bottom of an aquatic environment, or lives attached to a hard surface |
SEM | a microscope that gives 3D images |
Resource Conservation | not a main environmental problem |
Pollution and Deforestation | 2 effects of human activities on the hydrologic cycle |
Percolation | the downward movement of water from soil |
The Sun | it provides the energy in most ecosystems |
phytoplankton | plankton consisting of microscopic plants |
N2 | Atmospheric Nitrogen |
NO3 | Nitrates |
NO2 | Nitrites |
NH+4 | Ammonium |
Nitrogen | the element that is most abundant in the atmosphere |
2 Legume Plants | clover, cudzu |
What role does lightening play in the nitrogen cycle | it splits it and becomes a solid and then comes down as rain |
An autotroph is a(n) | producer |
Chemosynthesis | derives energy from chemicals |
Atrophosome | acts like a stomach |
what is the base of the vent community food chain | Bacteria |
why are the bacteria living within the roots of a soybean plant critical parts of the nitrogen cycle | they change atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form |
Lichen | plant most likely to be a pioneer species |
Succession is possible because | new species make the environment less suitable for previous ones |
Phosphate Salts | do not contain carbon from bodies of plants and animals that died million of years ago |
Eutrophication | an increase of nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem |
2 environmental functions of wetlands | clean pollutants, and protecting the shoreline |
2 types of freshwater wetlands | marshes and swamps |
non woody plants are found in | marshes |
woody plants are found in | swamps |
Whelk | the name of the shell found on the SC coast that looks like a conch |
which sex of fiddler crabs has one large claw, and why | male, to attract females |
Wetlands have | plentiful nutrients and the capacity for photosynthesis |
Wetlands are not | limited to inland freshwater environments |
Estuary | is a mix of salt and fresh water |
which organism produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem | phytoplankton |
Estuaries are productive ecosystems because | they constantly receive nutrients from rivers and oceans |
which ecosystem has the highest level of salinity | salt marsh |
The _______________________ is not an important advantage for aquatic organisms living near the surface of a lake or a pond | presence of decomposing organisms |
Spartina is | Cordgrasses that are highly aggressive invaders that significantly alter both the physical structure and biological composition of our tidal marshes, mudflats and creeks. |
Dermal Denticles | the names of the scales covering a shark |
5 big classes of vertebrates | Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Fish |
A _______________ is an example of a shark species that is ovoviviparous | Tiger Shark |
This type of fertilization includes an egg case and egg layer | Ovoviviparous |
What are the teeth of a shark like | conveyor belt |
4 Reptilian characteristics of Sea Turtles | claws, scales, ectothermic, leather like eggs |
when was the Endangered Species Act established | 1973 |
What order are turtles found in | Testudines |
5 facts about Leatherbacks | largest turtle, leather like claws, eat jellyfish, hunted for oils |
how many species of turtles are found on the SC coast | 5 species |
Hawksbill | endangered, streamlined, killed for shell and soup |
Kemps Ridley | endangered, travel in herds, nest in the daytime |
Green turtle | endangered, clean, killed for shell and meat |
loggerhead | threatened, large head for crushing wells, weighs 150-250 pounds |
what is a Curuncle | the beak of a baby turtle to use to get out of the shell, later it falls off |
5 things about Sea Turtle nesting | same place every year, body pit, eggs hatch at same time, not all eggs are fertile, they make false nests, and false tracks |
What does T.E.D. stand for and what does it do | Turtle Excluder Device, helps reduce catch |
Climate | long term prevailing weather conditions at a particular place based upon records |
what is an important property of air circulation | cold air is denser than warm air |
an observation that helps to explain circulation patterns in the atmosphere | warm air rises and cools as it rises |
rain frequently results when | warm moist air rises |
a physical property of air is | warm air can hold more water vapor than an equal amount of cold air |
why is it that prevailing winds do not blow directly northward or southward | the earth continues to spin |
what is the weather like along the South American coast during an el nino year | a lot of rain, there is no up welling, warm water |
2 things about el nino | lasts for a short period of time, droughts occur in other countries |
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis | 6CO2+6H20+Solar Energy=C6H12O6+6O2 |
What is the chemical equation for Cellular Respiration | C6H12O6 + 6 O2=6 CO2 + 6 H2O + Energy (ATP) |