What caused the continents to move?
Hint; This is a theory.
Continental Drift
100
Why do resources play an important role in our ecosystems.
They are what provide us with life.
100
What values to biodiversity give us.
Economical, and ecological.
200
List ecological organization from the lowest level to the highest level.
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem.
200
What are 3 energy flows in an ecosystem?
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
200
What is a biome?
Climate with similar conditions. This is also an ecosystem.
200
There are 2 types of resources name both.
Renewable Resources
Non-Renewable Resources
200
What is gene pool diversity.
The diversity that allows us to adapt better to the environment.
300
List 3 ways to find population size.
Any of the following:
Direct,
Indirect,
Sampling,
Mark and Recapture
300
Where is the most energy available in an energy pyramid?
The bottom, or Producer level.
300
How much rain is required to be a rainforest.
68 inches.
300
Name 2 effects pollution can have on our environment.
Answers may vary.
Common answers include, harming humans or animals with sicknesses or diseases. Ruining earths atmosphere, or poluting many types of different resources.
300
Name 3 causes of Extinction.
Habitat Destruction
Poaching
Pollution
Exotic Species
400
What's the population statement(s)?
Birth Rate > Death Rate = Greater Population
Death Rate > Birth Rate = Less Population
Immigration > Emigration = Greater Population
Emigration > Immigration = Less Population
400
Movement of energy through an ecosystem can be shown on a...
Food Chain
OR
Food Web
400
There are to types of grasslands. One is just the grassland, what is the other.
The Savanna.
400
How do you make an environmental decision, and who does this job.
You weigh the costs, and benefits. Many people doing this job are environmental scientists.
400
Name a way of protecting biodiversity.
Habitat preservation.
500
Name 3 defensive strategies that prey use.
Any of the Following:
Mimicking
Protective Covering
Fake Coloring
Warning Coloring
Camoflauge
500
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain.
Name the 2 types of logging, and how they are different.
There is selective cutting, and clear cutting. Clear cutting is totally cutting down a whole area of trees while selective cutting is cutting down certain trees.
500
What are the steps of the extinction of the species.
First the species becomes endangered, then becomes extinct.