Views of ecology
List 3 of the 6 greenhouse gases.
Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, water vapor, ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons.
List all 3 biochemical cycles.
Water cycle, oxygen and carbon cycles, and nitrogen cycle.
What is exponential growth?
This type of growth happens when resources are unlimited.
What is primary succession?
This type of succession begins where no soil exists.
What is extinction?
Extinction is when a species completely dies out, meaning there are no more of that species left anywhere on Earth.
What is a carbon foot?
Carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases (especially carbon dioxide) that a person, activity, or product releases into the air.
This process changes liquid water into water vapor.
Evaporation.
(bonus)
Transpiration is also a way that water escapes through the leaves of plants.
What is logistic growth?
When a species uses up all the resources in its habitat and the growth stoped by the carrying capacity.
What is secondary succession?
This type of succession happens after a fire or flood when soil remains.
What is endangered mean?
Endangered means a species is at risk of becoming extinct.
What is an ecological footprint?
How many resources people use and how quickly the earth can replenish those resources.
In the process of nitrogen fixation when broken down what does it become?
Ammonia.
What is a population?
A group of the same species living in one area is called this.
Can pioneer species and climax species live together? (yes or no)
Yes, Pioneer species and climax species can sometimes live together in the same ecosystem, especially during the middle stages of ecological succession.
More animals are going extinct rather than being discovered.
True or false
False, there are 100 species that go extinct every year compare to 15,000 being discovered yearly.
What are fossil fuels?
This energy source is burned for electricity and releases gases that increase Earth’s temperature.
What is the strongest cause of carbon?
Volcano eruptions and the combustion of fossil fuels.
What are some way the biodiversity can change in a ecosystem?
Are climax species usually large trees or small shrubs?
It's usually large trees but some small vegetation still grow when the climax species are growing.
What is an invasive species?
An invasive species is a living thing that is brought into a new place where it does not naturally belong and then spreads in a way that can harm the environment, other species, or humans.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This happens when gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap heat and make the planet warmer over time.
What is the strongest cause of nitrogen in the atmosphere?
During lightning strikes large of nitrogen is released.
What is genetic diversity?
This level of biodiversity refers to differences in DNA among individuals.
Do disturbances like wildfires, floods, and hurricanes usually grow primary or secondary species.
Secondary succession. That’s because after wildfires, floods, or hurricanes, the soil is still there, even if many plants and animals were damaged or removed. So the ecosystem can regrow faster using existing soil.
What is bioremediation?
Bioremediation is a process that uses living things, like bacteria or plants, to clean up pollution in the environment.