Water cycle
Where is water stored?
Lakes,rivers,canals
True or False, the carbon cycle is the chemical backbone of life on earth?
True
What is primary succession?
An area with no soil exposed, just rocks
What is a communitys carrying capacity?
Limit of life an area can substain
Give 3 examples of pioneer species
Lichens, fungi, grass, bacteria,fireweed,willow
What is it called when the soil cannot absorb anymore water?
Runoff
What are the organic elements?
Carbon + Hydrogen
True or false: When a tree falls and allows lower plants to get sunlight it is a stage of succession
True
What grows on bare rock first and is a mutual relationship
lichen
An animal leaves its habitat because its no longer suitable to find the resources needed, What is this called?
Emigration
True or False: Condensation is the opposite of Evaporation?
True, Condensation is the process of water vapor in the air is turned into liquid water.
Does gravity and sunlight fuel the water cycle to move positively?
Yes, without gravity water wouldnt reach soil and without sunlight water wouldnt evaporate into the atmosphere
What is the highest stage of Ecological succession?
Climax
These are considered as what? Access to food, water, mates.
Limiting factors
Name an example of a legume in wildlife
Ex: any beans in the bean family
What percent of water is in trees/ vegetation?
What makes the carbon cycle less efficient ??
burning fossil fuels
What is secondary succession?
When a disturbance happens to a climaxed community. Ex: wildfire or a population of something dying off.
List 3 density dependant factors
Diseases, competition and predation
What is an example of limiting factors?
Competition for mates and food/ resources
In the water cycle what is it called when water enters a plant and leaves as a vapor?
Evapotranspiration
What takes atmospheric nitrogen out of the air and turns it into organic compounds?
Microorganisms
True or false? Is an oil spill considered an example of primary succession?
True
A plants ability to sustain low light levels is what?
Shade tolerance
How can Humans balance the nutrients in the soil?
Farmers rotating crops each year, pollution.