Agencies and Legislation
The EPA stands for what?
Environmental Protection Agency
What is our largest ecological level?
Biosphere
What starts energy flow?
Photosynthesis
What is a pioneer species?
The first species to colonize an area that builds soil and a foundation for other species.
Phosphorus and nitrogen are similar because they both support what?
Plant/Plant growth
The NOAA protects what kind of environmental component?
Fisheries
Which biome is dominated by trees and has a seasonal climate?
Temperate Forest
Name a positive interaction between organisms
Commensalism or Mutualism
What type of succession would occur with volcanic activity or glacier movement?
Primary Succession
What compound is in both the Oxygen Cycle and the Carbon Cycle and makes them connected?
CO2
The Clean Water Act was created in which year?
1972
Which biome is dominated by trees and has poorly draining soils?
Swamp
During photosynthesis plants take in __________ and release __________.
CO2 and O2
What type of succession would occur with fires, floods or other natural disasters?
Secondary Succession
During respiration organisms take in ____________ and release ___________
O2 and CO2+Water
Th Conservation Biology broadened ecosystem management. Which year was it created?
A biome dominated by trees that has long winters and short summers
Taiga or Boreal Forest
A tick attaches itself to a dog and gains a food source in the dogs blood. This hurts the dog and can cause irritation to the dog's skin.
What type of interaction is this?
Parasitism
What type of succession would occur due to human impact or harm?
Secondary Succession
Nitrogen fixation is the process of changing the atmospheric nitrogen into a form organisms can use. What 2 things conduct nitrogen fixation?
Bacteria (found in plants like legumes) and Lightning
What agency manages migratory birds, marine fish and endangered species?
U.S Fish and Wildlife Services
A student outside is observing a tropical wetland.
What is wrong with this statement?
Our wetlands include: Bogs, Fens, Marshes and Swamps not tropical!
Two wolves from different packs are chasing the same rabbit as prey.
What two interactions does this scenario describe?
Competition (Wolves hunting same resource) and Predation (Wolves hunting rabbit)
What type of succession would occur with geological disruptions?
Primary Succession
Where is the phosphorus cycle primarily conducted?
In soil and roots of plants