Ecosystems and Human Impact
Sunlight, temperature, soil, oxygen, and water are examples of this type of ecosystem factor.
What are abiotic factors?
This type of energy resource can be replaced naturally in a reasonable amount of time.
What is a renewable resource?
Plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi are examples of this type of ecosystem factor.
What are biotic factors?
This energy source comes from splitting atoms and does not directly release carbon dioxide while making electricity.
What is nuclear energy?
This term means the variety of living things in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
Using reusable bags, composting food scraps, and using rechargeable batteries are examples of reducing this.
What is waste?
This type of succession happens when an ecosystem regrows after a fire or other disturbance, but soil is still present.
What is secondary succession?
This word means using resources in a way that does not use them up faster than Earth can replace them.
What is sustainability?
In Yellowstone, reintroducing wolves helped reduce elk overgrazing, allowing more plants and other animals to recover. This is an example of change through this type of feeding relationship.
What is a food web or trophic cascade?
A community wants to lower carbon emissions but still have electricity. Switching from coal to solar and wind is an example of this kind of solution.
What is using renewable energy?