Ecosystem
What is a food chain?
Organisms which serves as a source of nutrients for the next animal. Big eats small.
What layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
In a handful of soil there is how many organisms?
More than a billion
How many of the earth’s species are found in Rain Forests
Half of the plants and animals
3 laws of sustainability
Protect Biodiversity
Recycle nutrients back into the soil
Use Renewable energy as often as possible
What is a food web?
Food chains interlocked with each other.
What layer contains the Ozone Layer?
Stratosphere
What can be found inside of soil? (5 things)
Fungi
Nematodes
Roots
Bacteria
Protozoans
What is deforestation causing?
Change in regional weather patterns (less transpiration)
Increased climate change (less CO2)
Reduced biodiversity
4 layers of the earth
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
4 components of an ecosystem
Producers
Composers
Decomposers/detritivores
Recycling Nutrients
What elements does the troposphere have? (2)
Methane and Carbon Dioxide
Higher quality soil has more what?
Organisms
How much of Earth’s rainforests have already been destroyed?
Half of the rainforests
Define sustainability
Something that can be made or created year after year without harming the environment
What happens to the energy stored inside of something when you eat it?
10% of it goes to energy 90% of it goes to waste and body heat.
What does the biosphere deal with?
Parts of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and the geosphere
What caused the dust bowl?
Fertile soil turning into desert like soil which is called desertification
How much of earth is covered by rainforests?
2%
What is a biome?
Large area that has similar characteristics and many ecosystems
Another term for tropic level
Feeding level
What does the stratosphere protect us from?
UV radiation because of the ozone layer
When did the dust bowl happen in America?
1930’s
Characteristics of a rain forest (3)
Warm year round
High Humidity
High Rainfall daily
What causes the magnetic field around earth that blocks solar radiation?
The outer core of earth rotating around the inner core