Intro to Ecosystems
What is the study of the relationship between an organism and its environment?
Ecology
What is a primary consumer that eats only plants is called?
Herbivore
When plants release water vapor during photosynthesis and respiration this is called?
Transpiration
Ecological succession
When was Conservation Biology established?
1978
The biosphere is the sum of what?
Surfaces, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
Habitat
When does the oxygen cycle begin?
During photosynthesis when plants release oxygen into the atmosphere
After volcanic activity or glacial movement, what type of succession are you most likely to see?
Primary Succession
Air and water are monitored by which agency?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Which two forest biomes have a seasonal climate?
Temperate and taiga
What are the two negative species interactions? Describe them.
Predation = one species kills another for food
Competition = struggle for the same resource
What are two ways carbon is released into the atmosphere?
Animal respiration and burning of fossil fuels
Where does secondary succession occur?
Fertile, open soil
Which agency manages migratory birds, marine fish, and endangered species?
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
List the ecological levels from smallest to largest
Organism, populations, communities, ecosystems, biosphere
What are the two types of aquatic biomes and how are they different?
Freshwater and marine. Different amounts of salt
Many food chains interacting with one another in a community is called a.....
Food web
What are the first species to colonize an area are called?
Pioneer species
What is the act of responsibly using and conserving resources in a way that supports long-term ecological balance?
Sustainability
Explain the process of photosynthesis. What are the reactants and products?
Energy (sunlight) + water + carbon dioxide = Glucose (sugar) + oxygen
What in plants absorbs the light from the sun?
Chlorophyll
List all the levels of a food chain
Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, apex predators, and decomposers and detritivores
What is temporal change?
Physical change through time
When was the Clean Water and Air Act passed?
1948