The world keeps turning
This is the process by which carbon dioxide is naturally absorbed from the air.
What is photosynthesis
This occurs to form fertile soil on new islands formed by volcanic eruptions
What is primary succession?
This classification is free-swimming and often delicious to eat.
What is Nekton?
These are built to access ground water
What are wells?
These are the main purposes of a dam (min 3)
flood control
drinking water
irrigation
recreation
energy
etc.
This is the process that breaks down sugar and releases carbon dioxide
What is cellular respiration?
This description of energy and nutrient transfer through the environment is much more accurate than a food chain.
What is a food web?
These two wetlands are dominated by trees and other woody plants
What are swamps and mangrove swamps?
These form river systems
What are snowmelt, streams, etc.?
This is the main reason point source pollution is easier to manage than non-point source pollution
The source is easily identifiable
These two things form organic waste in the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles
What are the death of organisms and waste produced by organisms?
This is the first species to inhabit a previously uninhabited area
What is a pioneer species?
These three abiotic factors can cause coral bleaching.
What are temperature changes, pollution, and change in water chemistry (pH or salinity)
This is the depth of where the soil or rock are completely saturated with water.
What is the water table?
This is the process where pollution builds up in one area or one organism.
What is bioaccumulation?
This characteristic of the oceans describes the fact that they store dissolved carbon.
What is a carbon sink?
This is the final and stable community in an ecosystem
What is the climax community?
This zone within a lake or pond is characterized by phytoplankton in the open water
What is the limnetic zone?
This term describes how much empty space the rock or soil have.
What is porosity?
These are the four steps of the impact of eutrophication
1. Increase in nutrients
2. Algal bloom
3. Death and decomposition of algae
4. suffocation of animals (lack of oxygen)
This nutrient also exists in inorganic matter and is considered a limiting nutrient. Its function in the body is in bones, teeth, DNA, cell membranes, etc.
What is phosphorous?
This occurs when abandoned farmland is taken over by native species
What is old-field succession?
This characteristic of an estuary is why life is so abundant
what is a nutrient trap?
This step in the water treatment process collects bacteria and impurity using alum and allowing the impurities to settle
What is coagulation?
In addition to fertilizer, this is another source of phosphorous that can cause harmful algal blooms
What are detergents and other cleaning supplies