Unit 0-1
Gross P.P. - respiration = Net P.P.
What is the formula for net primary productivity?
What are decomposers?
The removal of all of the trees in an area.
What is clear-cutting?
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
What are the three main fossil fuels?
Chemicals that break down the ozone layer
What are CFCs?
Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism
What are some of the symbiotic relationships found between species in an ecosystem?
A limiting factor that has the same effect on an individual's possible survival and reproduction regardless of the size of the species' population.
What is a Density- Independent Limiting Factor?
Crust, Mantle, Core, and Inner Core
What are the different layers of the Earth?
Which layer of the atmosphere contains helpful ozone?
desalinization.
What is the term used to describe the REMOVAL of salt from ocean water?
10% Rule
What is the rule depicting how much energy is transferred from one trophic level to another?
Species that first colonize an area while it is in the process of primary succession.
What are pioneer species?
When a shared, limited resource is depleted due to individuals exploiting it for personal gain.
What is Tragedy of the Commons?
When a layer of warm air traps cooler air below it.
reduced visibility, respiratory irritation, etc.
What are some effects of particulate matter on humans?
The most diverse marine biome on the planet, home to over half of all ocean life
What is the coral reef?
Competition where individuals within the same species compete for access to a limited resource
What is Intraspecific competition?
Plate boundaries that move away from one another.
What are divergent plate boundaries?
nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide
Which two pollutants contribute most to acid deposition?
a single and identifiable source of water pollution
What is point source pollution?
photic, pelagic, and benthic zones
What are the names of the top, middle, and bottom layers of the ocean?
An agreement between governments that helps ensure that trade with wild animals and various species does not threaten their overall survival.
What is the CITES treaty?
The process by which water soluble salts are gradually accumulated into soil.
What is salinization?
Using solar power directly without having to work for it/activate it.
What is passive solar energy?
Treaty signed to fight against ozone depletion- officially banned CFCs.
What is the Montreal Protocol?