Chapter 1
Trees, Fish, Humans, and all living organisms are classifed as this term?
What is Biotic?
The number of sphere systems that Earth has?
What is four?
An animal that needs to consume other organisms for energy is considered a this?
What is consumer?
Any random change in an organisms DNA is known as this
What is a mutation?
The major law protecting biodiversity
What is the ESA?
Rocks, Clouds, and Water are classified as this term?
What is Abiotic?
This sphere encompasses the giant layer of gas that surrounds our planet
What is Atmosphere?
This level of ecological organization describes all the living AND nonliving components of an ecosystem
What is Ecosystem?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other (the host) is harmed
This is a scientists who classifies species
What is a Taxonomist?
This is the social and political movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and environments
What is Environmentalism?
This sphere contains all of the living matter on Earth
What is Biosphere?
Penguins demonstrate this type of population distribution where each pengu9in occupies its own territory
What is Uniform?
A relationship where both organisms benefit
What is mutualism?
This is the cause of the most loss of biodiversity
What is habitat fragmentation and loss?
The word used to describe when a resource is able to meet the current demand without depleting the future supply
What is sustainable?
This layer of our planet is the biggest and is made up of hot, solid rock?
What is the mantle?
This is the equation used to determine population growth?
What is (B+I)-(D+E)?
Organisms that cause ecological or economic harm to an area in which they are not native are considered this
What is invasive?
Malaria, TB, Zika, and Covid are all classified as this type of hazard
What is biological?
These two events in human history caused a massive increase in our human population
What were the agricultural and industrial revolutions
The number of different plate tectonic boundaries
What is 4?
This type of population curve appears if a population is affected by limiting factors in the environment
What is Logistical?
This type of succession occurs when the entire ecosystem is wiped out and it must start over from scratch
What is primary succession?
This is the word used to describe an organisms that carries and spreads a disease but is not infected with that disease
What is a vector?