Environmental Scientist
In what kind of place do tropical dry forests grow?
Tropical dry forests grow in places that have high temperatures all year but experience seasonal rainfall
Whats animal agriculture's effect on the environment?
Animal agriculture has a significant and negative impact on the environment
Many populations of species that live in the same area at the same time and interact with one another
An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy
Consumer
diagram of many energy pathways
The greenhouse effect is a result of
The greenhouse effect is a result of solar radiation being trapped in a planet's atmosphere by natural and manufactured greenhouse gases
The study of the interactions between living things and their environment
Ecology
Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the abiotic environment
a consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
diagram showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain
Which best describes the climate of Antarctica?
Very little precipitation or plant life
Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own
Organisms
Part of Earth where all life exists
a consumer that feeds on the remains of dead animals
the environment where an organism lives
Describe the role of lightning in nitrogen fixation
lightning breaks nitrogen molecules and enables their atoms to combine with oxygen in the air forming nitrogen oxides
What does every food chain or web begin with?
a producer such as a plant that uses the sun's light to make food for itself
a consumer that eats plants
Herbivore
organisms that get their energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms
an organism's way of life and how it deals with other organisms and other abiotic factors
Define zero population growth
the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to only what is needed to replace the existing population
Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time
a consumer that eats animals
Carnivore
diagram showing how energy in food molecules flow from one organism to another
environments can only contain so much water, shelter, and food