Basics of Env Science
This is the thing in an experiment that the experimenter changes
What is an independent variable?
The ecological level that abiotic factors are introduced
What is an ecosystem?
Many lichens are composed of fungi and algae. The fungi benefit by getting sugars from the algae, and the algae benefit by getting water, minerals, and proteins from the fungi.
What is Mutualism?
Lichen and Moss play a role as pioneer species when this happens
What is Primary Succession?
This layer of the atmosphere experiences most of OUR weather (clouds, precipitation).
What is the Troposphere?
This is when a shared resource is overused at the expense of others
What is Tragedy of the Commons?
A terrestrial biome characterized by having trees that shed leaves in the fall and winter.
What is the Temperate Deciduous Forest?
A species in danger of extinction
What is an Endangered species?
Combustion plays a huge role by humans in creating more atmospheric carbon. How do we do this?
What is burning fossil fuels?
The hottest layer of the atmosphere is ...
What is the Thermosphere?
This is when we have used resources faster than they can regenerate
What is Earth Overshoot?
One side of a mountain range receives significantly more precipitation (rainfall) than the other, creating a dry area on the opposite side
What is the Rain Shadow Effect?
As species that is a problem, lives where it is not native to and has no known natural predator
What is an invasive species?
Islands, tropical rain forests, and coastal areas that are threatened by human habitation
What are Biodiversity Hotspots?
Milankovitch discovered that there are three different cycles that contribute to stages of glaciation. These three cycles are…
What is Eccentricity, Obliquity & Precession?
The amount of biologically productive land and water needed to support human life
What is ecological footprint?
Searching for food at night is an adaptation you would see in animals of which biome?
What is the Desert?
A species found in a limited geographical area
What is an endemic species?
Nitrogen makes up 78% of the atmosphere and is necessary to support sustainable ecosystems because it is a limited ...
What is nutrient?
If the Tradewinds over the Pacific Ocean normally move East to West, what direction do they move during El Nino? What kind of surface waters move during this event?
What is West to East & Warm waters?
Factors in an ecosystem that are living or once living
What are Biotic Factors?
If the producers receive 100% of the sun's energy, how much energy would you expect a tertiary consumer to receive?
What is 0.1%?
Herbivores that are heterotrophs and are consumed by Secondary Consumers
What is a primary consumer?
What is trapping carbon and controlling floods?
Carbon dioxide absorbs and re-radiates infrared radiation to warm the Earth. This makes it a ...
What is a Greenhouse Gas?