Energy
Earths surface and all living things within it.
Bioshphere
All the inhabitants of a particular area.
Population
Land consisting of marshes and swamps; saturated land.
Wetland
Which Ecosystem is more likely to survive a change in the environment?
A. One with High Biodiversity
B. One with Low Biodiversity
A. One with HIGH Biodiversity
rate of resource use depletes resources and creates pollution and wastes
Resource depletion
All the waters around the Earths surface.
Hydrosphere
A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
Species
The long term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area.
Climate
Any non-living chemical and physical parts of an environment.
Abiotic factor
True or False
Primary consumers always make up the first level in a food web.
False.
The carbon in coal, oil, and natural gas come from...
The remains of dead organisms.
A group of people living in the same place of having a particular characteristic in common.
Community
Thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, usually occurs in polar zones.
The tidal mouth of a large river; where the tide meets the stream.
Estuary
A pyramid of ___ shows the relative numbers of individual organisms at the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
What percent of energy transfers between trophic groups?
10%
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
The whole mass of air that surrounds the Earth.
Atmosphere
Any living things on the Earth.
Biotic factor
True or False
Phosphorus is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere.
False.
The earth itself: rocks, minerals, and landforms.
Geosphere
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and their physical surroundings.
Ecology
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time only, then changes.
Weather
What are three types of biodiversity
Genetic, species, and Ecosystems.
A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called __________
Nonrenewable