Unit 1. Env. Sci
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What word refers to a singular organism?
Individual
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What word refers to a group of individuals of the same species?
Population
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What’s a space in which living and nonlivng things coexist?
Ecosystem
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What’s a large area with similar climate conditions? (Determines the animals and plants there)
Biome
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What relationship benefits both organisms?
Mutualism
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What relationship benefits one organism and doesn’t impact the other?
Commensalism
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What relationship benefits one organism and negatively affects the other?
Parasitism
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What word refers to different species using the same resource in different ways as a means to reducing competition?
Resource Partitioning
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What kind of partitioning involves the time of day?
Temporal Partitioning
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What kind of partitioning involves different areas of a shared habitat?
Spatial Partitioning
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What kind of partitioning involves different body parts to use different resources?
Morphological Partitioning
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What cycle moves molecules (such as glucose or CO2) that contain carbon? (Fossil fuel combustion, sedimentation)
Carbon Cycle
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What place is a reservoir of carbon?
Atmosphere
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What process removes CO2 from the atmosphere to convert it to glucose?
Photosynthesis
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What is nitrogen necessary for?
DNA and Amino Acids
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What place is a reservoir of nitrogen?
Atmosphere
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What process converts nitrogen into usable ammonia or nitrate for plants?
Nitrogen Fixation
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What process involves the excess use of fertilizer, releasing NH3 gas into the atmosphere?
Ammonia Volatilization
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What things are reservoirs of phosphorus?
Rocks
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Can phosphorus enter the atmosphere?
No
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What is phosphorus useful for?
DNA, ATP
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Why does it take a while for plants to obtain phosphorus?
Rock weathering takes a while
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What is the rate of solar energy turned into organic compounds? (Rate of photosynthesis over time)
Primary Productivity
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What word refers to the energy lost through photosynthesis?
Respiration Loss
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What is the total solar energy plants convert to glucose?
Gross Primary Productivity
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What is the leftover energy for consumers after plant respiration?
Net Primary Productivity
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What percent of solar energy is used and made to GPP? What percent of that percent is converted to NPP?
1%; 40%
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Can matter or energy be created/destroyed?
No, they can change forms
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What rule states only 10% of energy moves up the next level of the food chain?
10% Rule
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Are food chains linear?
Yes
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Are food webs linear?
No
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What word refers to a ripple effect on lower trophic levels that is caused by the addition/subtraction of an apex predator?
Trophic Cascade
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What book suggested that individuals will use their shared resources for self-interest rather than common good?
The Tragedy of the Commons
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What word refers to humans living on Earth with their resources without depletion?
Sustainability
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What word refers to the amount of a renewable source that can be taken without reducing the available supply?What
Sustainable Yield
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What word refers to a close, long-term relationship between two species? (Mutualism, Commensalism, Parasitism)
Symbiosis
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What are the following a kind of? (Taigas, temperate rainforests, temperate seasonal forests, tropical rainforests, shrubland, temperate grasslands, savannas, deserts, and tundras)
Terrestrial Biomes
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What are the following a a part of? (Streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes)
Freshwater Biomes
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What are these a part of? (Oceans, coral reefs, marshlands, and estuaries)
Marine Biomes
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What word refers to the addition of a species into a food web?
Positive Feedback Loop
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What word refers to the subtraction of a species in a food web?
Negative Feedback Loop
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