Ecosystems
When both organisms benefit from their interations
What is mutualism?
Category of a food web that is often left off the food web that breaks down nutrients from all trophic levels
What is the decomposer?
Short lifespans, low parental care, and short generations
What is a r-selected species?
Type of boundary where the plates run parallel to each other and can cause earthquakes
What is a transform boundary?
Method of being deliberate with the type of trees cut down, whether they are diseased or the desired height, instead of cutting down all the trees in an area
What is selective cutting?
Nutrient cycle with no atmospheric or gaseous form
What is the phosphorus cycle?
The type of biodiversity you find at small, far away islands from the mainland.
What is low species biodiversity
The maximum number of individuals an ecosystem can support with it's current space, food, and water.
What is carrying capacity?
Type of soil that holds water the best and has low permeability
What is clay?
When humans started using targeted fertilizers, pesticides, and targeted irrigation to increase agricultural yields
What is the green revolution?
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
What is the 10% Rule?
Biodiversity within a species
What is genetic biodiversity?
When women are educated and begin entering the workforce instead of staying at home.
What is a decrease in total fertility rate?
What is a watershed?
Overusing a natural resource to the point of non viability anymore
What is Tragedy of the Commons?
Evaporation out of the stomata of the leaves of plants
What is transpiration?
The more biodiversity an ecosystem has, the more ...
Stage of demographic transition where the birth rate is still high but the death rate is falling.
What is stage 2?
The reflectivity of the sun's radiation. Higher=more reflectiveness and lower=less reflectiveness
What is albedo?
Type of deforestation where they cut and set fire to trees to make agricultural lands
What is slash and burn?
Area with low biodiversity, low precipitation, low temperatures, and high permafrost
What is the tundra?
Type of succession that starts with moss and lichen and bare rock
What is primary succession?
dt=70/r where r is the growth rate as a percentage
What is the rule of 70?
The weather phenomenon where there is a strong upwelling on the Eastern side of the Pacific ocean and strong trade winds blowing east to west
What is La Nina?
Intentionally burning sections of the forest to reduce biomass buildup and prevent more massive fires in the future
What is a prescribed or controlled burn?