ecosystems
what is a ecosystem?
A interaction with ogranisms and nonliving things
what effect does the increase in carbon dioxide in earths atmosphere have on temperature?
increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to higher temperature on earth.
what type of rock are the outcrops on fieldston campus? how old is this type of rock?
fordham gneiss 1.1 billion years old
how many mm are in a cm
10mm
whats a biotic factor
the living parts in an ecosystem
which parts of ecosystems (biotic and abiotic) do the slow and fast carbon cycles have to do with?
slow cycle has to do with abiotic parts
fast cycle has to do with biotic parts
what are the four parts of a scientific illistration?
detailed images, labled components, caption, and title
what is quantitative data?
information that is measured and collected in the form of numbers
what is an abiotic factor? What are the five factors?
nonliving parts in an ecosystem
oxygen, water, soil, sunlight, tempature
what is the carbon cycle? and where is the most carbon stored on earth?
how carbon moves around the earth. In rocks
what are the three strategies we discussed for adding detail in a scientific illustration?
amount of time spent
amount of space used
amount of matreils used
what is a inference?
a conclusion or interpretation that is based on what you can observe
what is a habit?
The place in an ecosystem that provides ogranisms with the things they need to live grow and reproduce
what human activity causes carbon to move from the slow cycle to the fast cycle? why is this bad?
humans burn fossil fuels faster making carbon go into the atmosphere faster and raise the temperature.
what is an observation?
something that you notice information taken through the sense (sight, smell, hear, feel, and taste)
what is qualitative data?
descirbing or smth like that
what happens in photosynthesis? what is used in it and what does it make?
Plants use the sun's enegry to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen
explain how carbon moves between the atmosphere, land, and ocean, and back again?
carbon falls as acid rain it dissloves and flows into the ocean, the organisms in the ocean use carbon to make shells, the shells become rocks in millions of years and the rocks go to volcanos and when the volcanos erupt the carbon goes back into the atmosphere.
what is bedrock? what are the four types of bedrock in NYC?
bedrock is the soil rock found under neath loose soil in the ground.
manhattan sclist, fordham gneiss, hartland formation, inwood marble.
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