Ecology
Habitats/Food Web
Species Interaction
Populations
Homework/Case Study
100
In which era do we see most of the environmental issues explode causing modern day issues?
Industrial Revolution
100
All Energy comes from what?
The Sun
100
What is a species?
Two organisms that can mate and produce offspring.
100
What are the two things scientist look for in a population?
Density and Dispersion
100
How did the agricultural revolution change the food that we eat?
The food has become larger and more nutritious.
200
Is this Biotic or Abiotic
Biotic
200
What is biodiversity?
The variety and quantity of a species in an area that causes them to survive disasters.
200
How are predation and parasitism different?
Predation kills the other organism where as parasitism weakens the other organism.
200
How does a population grow or decline?
Birth and Immigration or Death and Emigration
200
What are the two classification of countries when discussing environmental issues?
Developed and Developing.
300
What are the 5 basic components of an ecosystem?
energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen, and living organisms
300
What the difference between an Ecosystem and Habitat?
Ecosystems are all the biotic and abiotic things in an area where habitats are the specific characteristics that an organism needs to survive.
300
What is the difference between symbiosis and coevolution?
Symbiosis means organisms live in close association where one of the organism benefits. Coevolution means they have a close relationship in which they have adapted to reduce harm to each other and make up for the others weakness.
300
What is reproductive potential?
The amount and frequency a species can produce offspring.
300
During what process do plants take in sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make sugar and oxygen?
photosynthesis
400
Name an abiotic component.
Temperature, Sunlight, Climate, Precipitation(water)
400
What are the consumer types?
Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, and Decomposer.
400
How does competition hurt all species involved?
Whether its your own species or another species group you compete for the same limited resources which depletes over time.
400
Amount of water, space available, food available all stabilize a population and are know as what?
Limiting Factors
400
Certain species interact with other organisms and live inside them for a time. These parasites often require a what to live?
Host
500
How does society govern how to solve environmental issues?
Economics or Supply and Demand
500
How much energy is transferred during consumption?
10%
500
What are the 3 symbiotic relationships and their characteristics?
Parasitism - One benefits at the expense of another
Mutualism - Both benefits
Commensalism - One benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped in the process.
500
What is a carrying capacity?
The largest population that an environment can support at any given time.
500
Although humans are the same species we have different characteristics; what do we use to determine the statistical average of these characteristics called?
mean