Earth System and Resources
When two tectonic plates pull apart
Divergent
A group of individuals of the same species living in a particular place is called?
Population
Species that provide early warnings of damage to a community or an ecosystem
Indicator
Have few babies, high parental care, later reproductive age
K-Selected species
suggests that individuals will use shared resources in their own self-interest rather than in keeping with the common good, thereby depleting the resources.
Tragedy of the commons
Type of biome at the equator
Tropical (tropical rainforest)
This shows all the energy flow from one organism in a community.
Food web
The follow are what type of ecosystem service?
• waste decomposition and detoxification
• purification of water and air
• crop pollination
Regulating Services
Factor reducing population size
Environmental Resistance
Movement of human populations away from the city
Urban Sprawl
The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone
Stratosphere
First trophic level organisms are called?
Producers
Which type of species would be able to live in a wide niche?
Generalist Species
These types of limiting factors, such as food and space, determine carrying capacity.
What are density-dependent limiting factors?
The type of mining in which you blow up a mountain
mountain top removal
El Niño begins when these weaken, allowing warm water to shift eastward toward South America.
Trade Winds
The total rate of photosynthesis in a given area.
Gross Primary Productivity
Species that are found in only one area
Endemic Species
A population with a narrow base and wider top is likely doing this.
declining (or shrinking)
What does pavement and concrete to do water's ability to be absorbed into the ground
It causes runoff (cannot be absorbed)
This layer of soil has the most organic material (name the letter)
O
In a given ecosystem, producers convert solar energy into 15,000 kcal of chemical energy stored in organic compounds. Which of the following is the most likely amount of energy available to secondary consumers?
150kcal
C in HIPPCO stands for?
Climate Change
Stage in which a pre-industrial, extremely underdeveloped country would be in
Stage 1
One result of increasing urban forests
1. Decreased urban heat island effect
2. increased water infiltration
3. Improving air and water quality
4. Make streets safer