Justifications
Ecology
Energy in Ecosystems
Succession
Misc
100
The idea that all organisms have a right to live
What is moral justification?
100
The "most important" species in a food chain/web is called?
What is a keystone species?
100
energy can be neither created nor destroyed (conservation of energy)
What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics?
100
This type of succession occurs when the soil has been badly degraded or removed and must be re-generated
What is primary succession?
100
What is the approximate percentage of Oxygen in the atmosphere?
What is 20%?
200
The justification to save the environment because it is beautiful
What is aesthetic justification?
200
The "feeding level" is also referred to as this:
What is the trophic level?
200
Who carries out "primary production" in the ocean?
What are phytoplankton?
200
In primary succession, which type of organism usually comes first?
What are Lichens/Mosses?
200
What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
What is hydrogen?
300
The justification to save the environment because it gives "motivation"
What is inspirational justification?
300
These "trophs" must create their own food or energy (without consuming other organisms)
What are autotrophs?
300
Energy tends toward disorder
What is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?
300
What type of organisms usually comes after mosses in succession?
What are small grasses/bushes?
300
Carbon Dioxide plus water makes which compound?
What is Carbonic Acid?
400
The justification to preserve something in the environment because it plays an important role in the ecosystem.
What is ecological justification?
400
Aquatic ecosystems are in the water, what are land-based ecosystems called?
What are terrestrial ecosystems?
400
These "autotrophs" don't use photosynthesis but other chemicals (usually found in the deep ocean)
What are chemoautotrophs?
400
This is the general term for organisms that help bring succession back to an area faster or cause it to start..
What are facilitators?
400
What is the term for a "no" Oxygen environment? Hint: Not looking for Dead Zone.
What is anoxic?
500
The justification for preserving something in the environment because it has an economic value
What is utilitarian justification?
500
The area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
What is a watershed?
500
In general, how much energy of an ecosystems food web is lost to heat in the environment?
What is 90%?
500
A Lichen is a symbiotic relationship between which two organisms?
What are a fungus and algae (photosynthetic organisms)?
500
What is the most abundant element in the Earth's crust?
What is Oxygen?
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