11.1 Biomes
11.2 Aquatic Ecosystems
11.3 Forests and Fisheries
11.4 Biodiversity
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What is a biome?
A biome is a region with a certain climate and certain forms of vegetation.
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What is an estuary?
An estuary is found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
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What is a renewable resource?
A renewable resource is one that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time.
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What is biodiversity?
The number of different species in an area is called its biodiversity.
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What 2 factors determine the type of biome found in an area?
It is mostly the temperature and precipitation in an area that determines its biome.
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What are the 3 zones of the marine ecosystem? What are they classified by?
The 3 zones are the intertidal zone, the neritic zone, and the open ocean. These zones are classified largely by the depth of water.
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What is aquaculture?
Aquaculture is the practice of raising fish and other water-dwelling organisms for food.
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What is a keystone species?
A keystone species is a species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.
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What are the two different types of grassland?
The two types of grasslands are a savanna and a prairie.
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What are the 2 zones within the open ocean?
The 2 zones are the surface zone and the deep zone.
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What is the difference between selective cutting and clear-cutting? Which one is better for the environment?
Clear-cutting is the process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once. Selective cutting is cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sizes and species behind. Selective cutting is better for the environment.
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What are 4 factors that affect an area's biodiversity?
Factors that affect biodiversity in an ecosystem include area, climate, diversity of niches, and keystone species.
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What are the six major biomes?
The six major biomes are the desert, rain forest, grassland, deciduous forest, boreal forest (taiga), and tundra.
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What is the difference between the food web in the ocean and on land?
The difference is the producers in the ocean are algae rather than plants.
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How can forests be managed as renewable resources?
Because new trees can be planted to replace trees that are cut down, forests can be renewable resources.
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What are 3 ways that biodiversity can be protected?
3 successful approaches to protecting biodiversity are captive breeding, laws and treaties, and habitat preservation.
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What are deciduous trees and coniferous trees? Where is each one found?
A deciduous tree is one that sheds their leaves and grows new ones each year. They grow mainly in the deciduous forest. A coniferous tree is one that produces their seeds in cones and has leaves shaped like needles. These grow mainly in the boreal forest, or taiga.
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What 4 abiotic factors influence aquatic ecosystems?
All aquatic ecosystems are affected by the same abiotic factors: sunlight, temperature, oxygen, and salt content.
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What are 4 ways to manage fisheries for a sustainable yield?
Managing fisheries for a sustainable yield includes setting fishing limits, changing fishing methods, developing aquaculture techniques, and finding new resources.
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Why is the introduction of a nonnative species a threat to biodiversity? What are 3 other human activities that can hurt biodiversity?
A nonnative species does not have natural predators or consumers, so the introduced species often outcompetes or harms the native organisms. 3 other human activities that threaten biodiversity include habitat destruction, poaching, pollution.
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