Vocab
What is salinity
How salty the water is
How do sea surface temps affect the air temp
Sea surface temps as they heat up release more water vapor into the air increasing humidity
There’s a combination if beneficial mutations (adaptions) that occur with new generations
True
What is a uniform population
A population that is in uniform (not scattered around the place) simple formations.
What are the purpose of dunes
To protect the land, to protect the life near the beach from floods
density
how compact something is and if it will float
How do sea surface temps affect hurricanes
Sea surface temps rising one degree can ride a hurricanes windowed up to 15-20 miles an hour
Asexual production is very important to the ecosystem
true
What is a clumped population
A population that is clumped together
Why would a marsh have a huge biomass and genetic diversity
It can have land animals and water with bunches of species working together to create a productive ecosystem
biomass
Renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals
When is hurricane season
June 1st to November 30th
Carrying capacity is the lowest amount an ecosystem or place can handle
False
How dose seahorses way of reproduction help them survive as a species
They can produce asexually so if something happens to where they can’t find a mate they can produce on their own
Energy transformation (vocab)
Process of changing energy from one form to another
turbidity
Large #’s of suspended particles that interfere with light posing through water
What do exes nitrogen and phosphorus cause
an overgrowth of alge
Freshwater is not a concern due to efforts being made to create more fresh water
False (there’s to much salt water, whenever the fresh water gets mixed with the salt it’s Very hard to reverse)
What would happen if a populations death rate was higher than the birth rate
The population size would go down
What is the role of bacteria
To turn organic waste into nutrient rich soil
Detritus
Organic material that falls down (like snow)
What dose warm air do to hurricanes
Warm air causes the storms to be bigger and last longer (into the fall)
Phytoplankton is an example of a 2nd level consumer
False
What would happen to the size of a population if the birth rate was higher than the death rate
The population would go up
What is the 10% rule
Lose 10% when a creature gets eaten from the original amount of energy the first and then from the leftover amount as you go up the chain.