Community Ecology
The type of symbiosis between a clownfish and sea anemone, where the clownfish wards off predator fish and provides nutrients (via waste) to the sea anemone while the sea anemone provides protection and shelter for the clownfish
Mutualism
A large category of biomes where life is driven by patterns of temperature, rainfall, and seasons instead of temperature, depth, and salinity
Terrestrial biomes
This biome is characterized by being extremely cold because of the presence of ice and snow
Long-term regional averages that include many weather data points
Climate
The type of symbiosis between barnacles and whales, where barnacles hitch a free ride with access to constant flowing water while the whale is generally unharmed
Commensalism
Bison are an example of this type of species. Without them, plant populations would rapidly increase in grasslands and the biodiversity of many other animal species would rapidly decline/become less common
Keystone species
A type of biome that typically has high precipitation and warmer weather throughout the year, even during the night
______ is a measure of how much carbon we are responsible for emitting into the atmosphere
Carbon footprint
The nonliving parts of an environment, such as rocks, weather, sun, water, and landforms
Abiotic factors
Areas that have a large variety of different species that are only found in that particular area
Biodiversity hotspots
A type of biome that typically has extremely hot weather during the day, extreme cold at night, and very low precipitation annually
Desert
The trapping of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere by a particular set of gasses
Greenhouse effect
____ species are naturally found in a geographic region for a long period of time whereas ____ species occupy habitats where they are not normally found and tend to spread and damage the environment
Native, invasive
This type of keystone species influences the ecosystem by altering the habitat for other species
Ecosystem engineer
A type of biome that is dominated by shrubs, summer drought, and mild wet winters (Hint: Los Angeles/California)
Chaparral/Mediterranean
Name 2 types of greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide
_______ refers to the number of species present whereas _______ refers to the number of individuals in each species relative to one another
Species richness, species evenness
The number of organisms living within a region that can be supported without excessive death, disease, or environmental degradation
Carrying capacity
Describe the relationship between rainfall/temperature and productivity/biodiversity in biomes
Higher rainfall/temperature correlate to productivity/biodiversity (except in extreme cases)
If insurance companies are hiring climate scientists (to determine risk modeling, pricing, strategic planning, etc.), then what are they assuming about climate change?
Climate change is real