Weather and Climate
Interactions
Populations and Biomes
Water
Human Impact
100
The average year to year conditions
Climate
100
An animal is eaten by another animal. The first animal is called a
Prey
100
The biome that has permafrost
Tundra
100
Fresh water is divided into two categories. Name them both.
Flowing water and standing water
100
Explain the definition of biodiversity
It's the great number of various creatures on the planet.
200
The reason (or effect) our temperatures are not too hot or too cold.
Greenhouse Effect
200
Two organisms interact and both get a benefit. This is called.
Mutualism
200
10 rabbits emmigrate. What happens to the population density of their ORIGINAL habitat?
There are less rabbits in their original habitat. Lower population density.
200
Name two types of wetlands
Saltwater wetlands include: salt marsh, mangrove swamp Freshwater wetlands include: marsh, swamp, bog
200
Early hunters/gatherers in North America hunted certain large animals too much. This caused...
Extinction
300
Unequal heating causes these things (List two)
Wind, ocean currents, climate regions
300
Give an example of parasitism
Ash borers, bacteria on a tree/plant, japanese beetles, a cold virus, etc
300
Our bacteria grew for a while and then stopped because they reached the...
Carrying capacity
300
Water is considered a __________ resource because it's not alive.
Abiotic
300
Toronto has a problem with pollution of chemicals from smog getting in its water. This causes what is called...
Acid Rain
400
Hot air over the equator will move in this direction ________. The air around it will move as wind in this direction _________.
UP INWARDS, North and South
400
Describe commensalism and give an example
One species benefits, but the other is unaffected.
400
Describe primary succession.
When plants grow over an area that was complete destroyed (like from a lava flow)
400
A population may run out of water eventually, causing the population size to decrease. In this case, we would call water a ____________ _____________.
Limiting factor
400
What is the difference between exponential and logarithmic growth?
Exponential increases forever. Logarithmic levels off because IT HAS A CARRYING CAPACITY.
500
The winds of the Earth (in theory) should move straight North and South, but they move diagonally. Why?
The Earth rotates under the wind, so the wind appears to be moving slightly east and west.
500
Bacteria in the intestines of animals digest the food the animal cannot digest itself. What type of relationship is this... and why?
Mutualism
500
A biome that can be found in the tropical region, a different one that can be found in a temperate region, and another from a polar region.
Tropical: rain forest, tropical dry forest, savanna Temperate: temperate forest, boreal forest, desert, grassland, woodland Polar: tundra (maybe boreal)
500
Describe an estuary
A place where freshwater meets saltwater
500
Give two examples EACH of density dependent and density independent limiting factors.
Density independent: Fires, floods, other natural disasters Density dependent: food, water, shelter, etc.
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