Unit 1
Name the Relationship: a brown-headed cowbird lays its eggs in a yellow warbler's nest. It's big babies eventually kick warbler babies out of the nest and the warbler mom continues to raise them. This is an example of...
Parasitic
DAILY DOUBLE:
Ecological ____________ refers to the range of conditions that an organism can endure before injury or death result.
Ecological Tolerance
What happens to TFR as a country progresses through the demographic transition?
it decreases
Most of the world's deserts are located at what degree lattitude?
30 degrees
This method of irrigation is inexpensive and involved cutting channels in soil for water to flow through. 1/3 of water lost to evaporation and runoff.
Furrow irrigation
Name a plant nutrient that cycles slowly and can be a limiting factor (too little of it) in freshwater.
Phosphate
Name the 4 types of ecosystem services
Regulating, Supporting, Cultural, and Provisioning
Describe (without mentioning shape) the age structure diagram of a developing country.
Which direction does the wind blow in the Pacific during a La Nina year?
West, but faster
Describe an example of tragedy of the commons.
Public vs private fishing, etc.
The process that converts nitrogen in the soil back into to atmospheric nitrogen (N2). Can also create N2O (greenhouse gas) when synthetic fertilizers are used on crops.
Denitrification
What water source would suit a fish the best if it needs the largest ecological range of salinity?
Estuary
Name 3 qualities of an r selected species + an example.
large number of offspring, low parental care, smaller, shorter lifespan, etc.
DAILY DOUBLE:
Layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer.
Stratosphere
Besides agriculture, what are the 2 other uses for water supply on Earth?
Municipal and Industrial
DAILY DOUBLE:
The rate at which producers in an ecosystem grow and produce useful chemical energy for other organisms.
Primary Productivity
Name the 3 types of biodiversity.
Genetic, Species, and Habitat (ecosystem)
TWO demographic indicators of the health of a country
Life expectancy and infant mortality rate
Soil horizon with mostly minerals from the parents materials and some organic material mixed in.
A horizon
What type of water resource is commonly used for agriculture and can lead to salinization of soil?
groundwater
Biome with soil that's surprisingly nutrient poor.
Tropical Rainforest
An ____________________ species is a plant or animal that, by its presence, abundance, scarcity or chemical composition, demonstrates that some distinctive aspects of the character or quality of an ecosystem is present.
Indicator Species
Hurricanes are an example of what type of factor in population studies?
Density independent factor
Describe how the Hawaiian islands were formed.
A city off of coastal Maine has quickly urbanized and its population size has greatly increased. They receive their water supply from municipal wells. What phenomena is their water supply at risk of?
Saltwater intrusion