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In the acronym "keep ponds clean of frogs get sick" "ponds" means this
What is phylum
many boats in a marina and their motors, along with people swimming, splashing, and yelling cause this type of pollution
What is noise pollution
this represents what eats what in a linear progression
what is a food chain
in Yellowstone removing these caused a chain reaction in the ecosystem
What are wolves
the variety of species on earth
What is biodiversity
the most specific level of classification
what is species
fertilizers in soil that go into bodies of water and cause algae blooms and eventually create dead zones
What is eutrophication?
These organisms make their own food and are considered the first level of the food chain
What are producers
removing predators also affects plants. This species caused a decrease in aspen trees when the wolves were removed.
What are elk?
an organism that is considered living but is not made of cells
what is a virus
two organisms considered to be different species produce an offspring called
What is a hybrid
more CO2 in the atmosphere causes the overall temperature of earth to go up
What is the green house affect?
These consumers eat the animals that eat producers
what are secondary consumers
if there are too many species in an environment, the number will eventually go down due to disease, competition, or other density dependent factors this is because of
What is carrying capacity
a map of who eats who that shows all of the possible connections within an ecosystem
What is a food web
what is prokaryotes
The problem with the greenhouse affect
What is the rate of CO2 pollution in the air
as you go up the trophic pyramid this goes down
what is energy levels?
members of the same species that live within the same area
What is a population
multicelular organisms
What are eukaryotes
A eukaryotic organism that fits in the misc category. sometimes acts like an animal, sometimes like a plant, and other times like bacteria
What is Protista
as you go up the food chain more toxins are being absorbed by predators
What is biomagnification
At the top of the food web. Nothing eats this
What is an apex species
if we saw an increase in eagle population what would happen to the orca population?
What is it would decrease?
We are currently trending toward this due to CO2 levels, global temperatures, and sea levels rising
What is a sixth extinction.