Biodiversity
This type of species can live under a wide range of biotic and abiotic conditions.
What is a generalist species?
This is an example of a cultural service provided by an ecosystem.
What is tourism, real estate, or recreation?
Ecological tolerance in an ecosystem is determined by this type of factor
What is a limiting factor?
This term stands for a unit of heredity information that occupies a fixed position on a chromosome
What is a gene?
If a species is unable to adapt to environmental changes, it risks undergoing this process
What is extinction?
This is a benefit to high genetic diversity
What is a better response to stressors / higher probability of survival?
Lumber and food crops are examples of this type of ecosystem service
What is a provisioning service?
In soil, one of these three elements is most often the limiting factor
What is N, P, or K?
A gene that contains DNA that codes for a specific physical trait is called this
What is an allele?
According to some scientists, this species is driving a 6th mass extinction event on Earth
What are humans?
The variety of niches that exist in a region is called this.
What is habitat diversity?
Soil formation is an example of this ecosystem service.
What is a support service?
In an ecosystem, a measure of how much a disruption can affect the flows of energy and matter
What is resistance?
A random alteration in the genetic coding of a cell, which can be positive, neutral, or negative for the organism, is called this
What is a mutation?
The process of speciation that occurs with geographic isolation is called this
What is allopatric speciation?
The total number of species present is termed this.
What is species richness?
This is the meaning of intrinsic value.
What is that ecosystems have their own value independent from the needs and desires of humans?
These are two examples of abiotic conditions that can be measured when assessing the ecological tolerance of species
What are temperature, humidity, salinity, pH?
The genetic makeup of an organism, determined by the composition of their genes, is called this
Far enough back in time, every living species has a common this.
What is ancestor?
An ecosystem with higher levels of this has higher levels of productivity and resilience
What is species diversity?
This is an example of a regulating service provided by an ecosystem.
What is decomposition of organic material, water purification, or carbon storage?
This is the rate at which an ecosystem returns to its original state after a disruption
What is resilience?
The physical characteristics that an organism exhibits as a result of their genotype and environment is called this
What is phenotype?
Indicator species give a warning sign of danger or damage to a community by doing this
What is by dying?