Ecosystems
A non-living part in an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
These represent the flow of energy in a food web
What are the arrows in a food web?
Population growth of humans follows this curve
What is exponential growth?
A species that is not from an area, but does NOT harm the ecosystem
What is a non-native species?
The large area in the ocean filled with trash
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Organisms that make their own food
What are producers?
A complex system of interconnected food chains
What is a food web?
Factors that contributed to rising population numbers in the last 200 years
What are medical advances, higher education, increased sanitation, etc.?
The main cause of the introduction of invasive species to an ecosystem
What are humans?
What the activist wore every day for a month in the video
What is the garbage he generated over a 30 day period?
Where producers in an ecosystem get their energy
What is the sun?
A species that is important to the balance of the entire ecosystem
What is a keystone species?
A container to put organic material in to decompose and return nutrients to the environment
What is a compost bin?
The invasive species I brought to class
What is the spotted lanternfly?
The type of renewable energy created by dams
What is hydroelectricity?
Organisms that eat plants AND animals
What are omnivores?
The reason why the peppered moth population "changed color"
What is genetic variation?
The time period where increased manufacturing led to high levels of pollution. (Think of the peppered moth)
What is the Industrial Revolution?
A control method involving herbicides or insecticides
What is a chemical control method?
Leaving land the way it is and not disturbing it for any reason
What is preservation?
Bacteria is a __________ factor
What is a biotic factor?
The number of species in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
How humans can prevent the introduction of invasive species
What is education, legislation, public awareness, etc?
Conditions or variables that restrict the size or range of a species
What are limiting factors?
Polluted locations in the US requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
What is a superfund site?