ecosystems 1
During the winter, a tree turns weak and brittle. Has the tree perished? Explain.
It could possibly be that the tree had died but it is most likely that the tree is just in a state of dormancy, which is a long state of rest that most plants take during the winter.
An ecosystem.
what is all living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area?
True or false, are fossil feuls harmful to the environment? please explain why.
True:Burning fossil fuels releases nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, contributing to the formation of smog and acid rain. The presence of excess nitrogen in the atmosphere in the form of nitrogen oxides or ammonia is deposited back onto land, where it washes into nearby water bodies.
Climate change.
What is a long-term change in the temperature range and related environmental variables for regions of Earth?
What is deforesation?
Removal of a forest or stand of trees, which are then used for nonforest purposes.
True or False, is water need to sustain life?
What is very true?!
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain is The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem while a food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
What are the three main causes there to be more harmful carbon in an ecosystem?
Natural gas, fossil feuls, and deforestation.
What is ammonification? explain how it works
An increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate
How does decomposition work?
The process by which cells convert chemical energy stored in various compounds, such as sugars, into useful energy for cellular processes; may be aerobic or anaerobic
There are several ways that plants and animals differ from each other. A Plant is a type of living thing that gets it's energy from the sun and unable to move from place to place on it's own. While, an animal is a living thing that can move on it's own and get it's energy from food.
what's is hibernation?
what is a process by which an organism slows its life functions for an extended period of time to preserve energy or to resist harsh conditions?
How could the carbon cycle affect an ecosystem?
If more plants grow, they will take more carbon out of the atmosphere and cool temperatures. If, on the other hand, warming slows plant growth, habitats will shift and more carbon will go into the atmosphere where it can cause additional warming.
How does nitrogen fixation work?
Bacterial action that results in the combination of atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, making nitrogen available for use by plants.
What is Cellular respiration?
The process by which cells convert chemical energy stored in various compounds, such as sugars, into useful energy for cellular processes; may be aerobic or anaerobic.
What is a food chain and name an example of it.
What is the path of food energy from one organism to another. ex: grass-Zebra-Lion
Why do birds migrate?
How could the Nitrogen cycle affect an ecosystem.
In ecosystems, the addition of nitrogen can lead to nutrient imbalance in trees, changes in forest health, and declines in biodiversity. With increased nitrogen availability there is often a change in carbon storage, thus impacting more processes than just the nitrogen cycle.
what is dentrification?
what is The reduction of oxidized forms of nitrogen (nitrates), ultimately resulting in molecular nitrogen?
what is the conbustion reaction and please name the equation?
what is A reaction that is an oxidation process in which a compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and sometimes oxygen reacts with oxygen gas to produce carbon dioxide gas and water; the general equations are:
CxHyOz + O2 → CO2 + H2O or
CxHy + O2 → CO2 + H2O.
The factors that allow an organism to thrive in an enviroment
what is the right light, temperature, water, atmospheric gases, and ionizing radiation.
How is energy converted through organisms?
Through the food chain and food web.
why is global warming harmful to the environment? Please explain.
An increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate.
The Carbon Cycle
what is The continuous movement of carbon in and among the abiotic environment and living things?
The nitrogen cycle
what is The process by which nitrogen is converted between various chemical forms as it cycles among the soil, biosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere?