Chapter 1
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Define "Organic"
elating to or derived from living matter.
What is the difference between species evenness and species richness
Species richness measures the number of different species while species evenness tells whether the ecosystem has a dominant species or has similar abundances of all species.
What is R-selected species?
those that produce a large number of offspring and contribute few resources to each individual offspring
What is Aaly's full first name
Aalyaan
for each person; in relation to people taken individually.
Gross Primary Productivity
Describe the difference between a generalist and a specialist.
Generalists can survive in a wide range of conditions. Specialists need specific conditions
What is a K-selected species
characterized by long gestation periods lasting several months, slow maturation, and long life spans
What makes the most of Earth's Oxygen
Plankton
What's The Highest Source Of Pollution
What is Eutrophication
excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water,
What are invasive species?
animals or plants from another region of the world that don't belong in their new environment.
What is a limiting factor?
A limiting factor is a variable of a system that causes a noticeable change in output or another measure of a type of system
What is the zip code of the school
49301
Name one of the major causes of environmental problems
Population growth
Wasteful and unsustainable use of resources
Poverty
Failure to include the harmful environmental costs of goods and services in their market prices
Increasing isolation from nature
What is the difference between food web and food chain
A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem.
What is an indicator species?
an organism whose presence, absence or abundance reflects a specific environmental condition
What is primary succession?
Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession after an extreme disturbance
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List The 4 R's
Refuse
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
GPP (gross primary productivity) - R (respiration)
A keystone species is a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance
Formula for population growth?
(Births + immigration - deaths + emigration)
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