What is it?
Biotic
All of Earth's ecosystems
Biosphere
A greenhouse gas that plants and some bacteria remove from the atmosphere
carbon dioxide
Any factor that controls the growth of a population is a __________________________.
Limiting Factor
What is the process of cutting down trees called?
deforestation
Abiotic
A group of the same species living in the same area
population
Evaporation from trees and plants
transpiration
Competition would be an example of a ___________________________ factor
density-dependent
What are the three major forms of pollution
air, water, land
Sometimes I go by the name producer, but another term that refers to what I am is _____________.
Autotroph
You as a person
organism (individual)
Process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
photosynthesis
Variety and variability of life in an ecosystem is ___________________.
biodiversity
What are two ways that humans use land (soil) for that is destroying it?
farming and agriculture
I break down dead or decaying material
decomposer
populations of different species living in the same area
community
Burning these will add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that can contribute to the greenhouse effect
fossil fuels
density-independent
What is the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the Earth called?
In the food chain, grass....grasshopper...frog...snake...hawk. I am the frog, what consumer am I?
Secondary consumer
natural area where living organisms interact with each other and their non-living environment
Ecosystem
Process that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
cellular respiration
*Bonus* Worth double the points.
What is the name of the fruit that went extinct in the 1960s?
Gros Michel
The most common greenhouse gases in our atmosphere are ___________ and ___________.
Carbon dioxide and methane