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This is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
This level of ecological organization consists of a single living thing.
What is an organism?
These are the living parts (factors) of an environment.
What are biotic factors?
The day-to-day condition of the atmosphere is called this.
What is weather?
This gas is one of the major greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
A group of the same species living in the same area is called this.
What is a population?
These are the nonliving parts of an environment, such as sunlight, water, and temperature.
What are abiotic factors?
This is the first step in ecological research.
What is observation?
The thin layer of Earth where all life exists is called this.
What is the biosphere?
This climate zone is found near the equator and remains warm year-round.
What is the tropical zone?
Ecologists use observation, experimentation, and this third method to study large-scale processes.
What is modeling?
Unlike weather, this refers to long-term average atmospheric conditions.
What is climate?
In an experiment, controlling temperature and CO₂ levels would most likely occur in this type of environment.
What is an artificial environment?
Trees can change this abiotic factor by blocking sunlight.
What is temperature?
Warm air rises in this region of Earth, helping create global wind patterns.
What is the equator?
A community plus the physical environment it interacts with is called this.
What is an ecosystem?
Why are mathematical models especially useful for studying climate change?
What is because climate change occurs over long periods and large areas?
This ocean current brings warm water up the east coast of North America.
What is the Gulf Stream?
Give one example of how a biotic factor can affect an abiotic factor.
Lots of diff options ex:
What is trees changing soil chemistry, roots reducing erosion, or trees blocking sunlight
Earth's rotation causes winds to do this.
What is curve?
A scientist removes wolves from a forest to study changes in deer populations. Which ecological method is being used?
What is experimentation?
A region experiences increasingly warmer winters over 40 years. Is this evidence of weather or climate change?
What is climate change?
A coral reef is exposed to unusually cold water for several years. Predict what is most likely to happen.
What is coral populations may decline because they require warm, stable waters?
A forest is cut down, causing temperatures to increase and erosion to worsen. Explain why this demonstrates interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
What is removing living trees changed nonliving conditions such as temperature and soil stability?
If greenhouse gases suddenly decreased worldwide, what would most likely happen to Earth's average temperature over time?
What is Earth would gradually become cooler because less heat would be trapped in the atmosphere?