Biomes
This organism dictates all the other organisms that live in an environment
What is Vegetation/Plants
This simple diagram displays the linear path of energy in an ecosystem
What is a food chain
The cycle that includes a byproduct of cellular respiration and is a reactant in photosynthesis
What is the Carbon Cycle
An example of ecological succession happening at our school
What is the construction
The thing we do every Friday
What is Observation Friday
This layer of the rainforest is at the top, where the trees receive plenty of sunlight and nutrients due to their massive size
What is the Emergent Layer
This cycle needs bacteria to fixate it in order to be used by living organisms
What is the Nitrogen Cycle
When succession reaches equilibrium and a self-sustaining ecosystem is achieved
What is Climax Community
This process is the complete inverse of photosynthesis
What is Cellular Respiration
These two geographical things affect vegetation (less/more persistent plants as we increase them)
What are Latitude and Altitude
This invasive species was introduced by Pablo Escobar and is very effective because it can reproduce throughout the year
What are Colombian Hippos
These types of air pollutants reradiate infrared energy, which heats up the Earth
What is greenhouse gases
Where things start to habituate land that has never had an ecosystem on it
What is primary succession
This was the main purpose of the massive deforestation of the Amazon, that negatively affects multiple biogeochemical cycles
What is Cattle
This term is used to describe biomes that have moderate temperature and precipitation. This makes them ideal places to grow crops
What are temperate biomes
What do energy pyramids display that food chains and webs do not
What is energy lost
This biogeochemical cycle can be especially harmful in excess (human production) as it is the main contributor of acid rain
What is the Sulfur Cycle
When farmland is abandoned and secondary succession begins
What is Old Field Succession
This is the stage of Ice Age we are currently in (for about 11,000 years!)
What is an Interglacial Period
What is an epiphyte
This is the correct term for a species that was moved to a location and is not harmful to the ecosystem
What is Non-native Species
This air pollutant is especially harmful to the ozone (it binds a chloride ion to ozone molecules). This depletes the ozone layer
What are Chlorofluorocarbons
This is a pioneer species that aides in primary succession
What is lichen
What is a Sparophyte