General Ecology
What is it called when a species has no more living members
Extinction
This is the most common type of ecological interaction. In it, two or more species benefit from interacting with each other.
Mutualism
The most common greenhouse gas, released by burning fossil fuels, volcanic eruptions, and plant and animal respiration
Carbon Dioxide
The first-ever windmills for grinding grain and pumping water were discovered in which country?
(Modern day IRAN) Persia
This is the worlds largest desert.
Sahara Desert
The physical place where an organism lives. Eg: A pine forest or lake.
Habitat
An interaction where one organism benefits while the other organism is harmed.
Parasitism
This is the name of a process that occurs when a body of water becomes enriched with nutrients, causing excessive plant and algae growth.
Eutrophication
Poull la Cour discovered that wind turbines with [fewer or more] turbines were the most efficient.
fewer
A complex ecosystem of saltwater environments that includes the ocean, estuaries, and coastal areas is called this type of Biome.
Marine
The percent of energy transferred from one trophic level to another.
10%
An interaction where one organism restricts the success of another without being affected itself. Eg: When cattle walk over grass, harming the plants without gaining any benefit.
Amensalism
Any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms
Acid Rain
This Babylonian emperor planned to use wind power for his ambitious irrigation project in the 17th Century BC.
Hammurabi
This biome includes the prairies of the Central Lowlands and High Plains and the Palouse Prairie.
Grasslands
An organism that obtains all its energy from meat.
Carnivore
When members of the same species compete for resources, such as two male birds competing for mates.
Intraspecific competition
Biologist Jared Diamond coined the term "evil quartet" to describe human-caused reasons for biodiversity loss. Name one.
Habitat loss and fragmentation
Over-exploitation
Alien species invasions
Co-extinction
The earliest recorded windmill design is called this.
Panemone, which has lightweight wooden sails attached to a central vertical shaft by horizontal struts.
This biome has low precipitation and permafrost
Tundra
What is it called when one group of species replaces another, progressing towards a stable "climax community" until a disturbance occurs, like a fire or natural disaster, restarts the process
Succession
The name for when two species interact with each other but neither experiences any significant positive or negative impact from the interaction, such as the relationship between a species of grass and a nearby butterfly.
Neutralism
What are the four main types of pollution?
Air, water, soil, and noise pollution.
The acronym AC/DC stand for this
DC stands for direct current, and AC stands for alternating current
This biome is in cold regions and is dominated by cone-bearing firs and spruces.
Taiga forests