Cause/Effect
Human Impacts
Succession
Relationships
Graphs
100
Humans use fertilizer to increase crop yield. What geochemical cycle does this negatively impact?
Nitrogen Cycle
100
Name a human activity that contributes to global warming
farming, industry, transportation, combustion, etc
100
what type of succession starts on bare rock?
Primary
100
What is the relationship between a squirrel and an oak tree. Be specific.
commensalism
100
What does the graph indicate as the cause of global warming?
increase in CO2
200
Due to increased medical technology and longer life expectancy, humans growth rate has become __________.
Exponential
200
What human activity can negatively impact the water cycle?
Building roads, damns, parking lots, etc. increase runoff.
deforestation can reduce transpiration in regions.
200
What type of succession needs moss and lichens to build up the soil?
Primary
200
what relationship might a honeybee have with the flowers it helps pollinate? Be specific
mutualism
200
Which line represents the prey?
Dotted
300
After a natural disaster like a hurricane, what will happen to the damaged ecosystem?
A) remain uninhabited
B) a new completely different ecosystem forms
C) a similar ecosystem will re-establish
D) It is unpredictable
C) A similar ecosystem will form
300
name a negative human impact that does not directly contribute to global warming.
habitat destruction, water pollution, fertilizers, light pollution, etc.
300
If a wildfire destroys a forest, what type of succession will replace it?
Secondary
300
The main difference between predation and parasitism is that parasites want to...
keep their host alive
300
What type of relationship does the fungus have with the plant?
Parasitism
400
Nuclear energy provides lots of energy for less money with one major tradeoff. what is it?
Unsafe radioactive waste.
400
Name two types of renewable energy
wind, solar, wood, geothermal, hydropower
400
What is it called when the process of primary or secondary succession is finished
climax community
400
Bluebirds and cardinals, two different bird species, live in a small wooded area. The cardinals are very aggressive and eventually take over the nests of the bluebirds. This is an example of what type of relationship?
Interspecific competition
400
What type of relationship likely exists between the wolves and cougars in Sonoma county?
Interspecific competition
500
When a major predator gets removed from an ecosystem, what happens to the prey's population short term? long term? (two answers.)
short term, it grows exponentially. Intra specific competition increases.
long term, it collapses due to lack of resources. It depletes resources for many other species.
500
name one human activity and the corresponding geochemical cycle it impacts the most.
answers vary
500
What are the species called who begin the succession process
Pioneer species
500
Describe what happens between two species whos niche overlaps but one is much better at their role than the other species.
the less capable species must migrate away or will not survive.
500
List an example of 2 species who's population might follow this graph together.
many answers: Lynx and rabbits, hawks and mice, wolves and deer, etc.