Ecology Basics
The branch of biology that studies how organisms interact with their environment.
One reason humans have a greater impact on the environment than other species.
What is the ability to alter the environment?
A decrease in species due to habitat destruction.
What is a decrease in biodiversity?
One gas that increases due to deforestation.
What is carbon dioxide?
The term for living parts of an environment like insects and predators.
What are biotic factors?
What are bounties, increase farming, increase hunting?
What is biodiversity decreases due to habitat loss and species extinction?
One short-term for economic benefit of deforestation.
What is more land for farming, lumber sales, or job creation?
The factor that causes algae to release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.
What is photosynthesis or gas exchange?
The concept shown by increasing pesticide use, habitat destruction, and pollution.
What is negative human impact on the environment?
The effect of removing producers in a food chain.
What is the collapse of the entire food chain or disruption of ecosystem?
One way global warming affects amphibian habitats.
What is it dries up ponds or decreases food sources, reducing their population?