Environmental Science - Final Exam

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What is the relationship between a country's development and its energy consumption?

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As a country advances from an undeveloped nation to a modern industrialized nation, it uses much more energy and requires a much larger supply of energy resources.

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What is a climax community in ecological succession?

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A climax community is the final, stable community in an ecological succession process, where species composition remains relatively unchanged until disrupted by an event.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is composed of all plant and animal groups existing together and the abiotic factors with which they interact.

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What causes seasons on Earth?

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Seasons are produced by Earth's orbit around the sun, which affects the angle and intensity of sunlight received at different times of the year.

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What is a pathogen?

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A pathogen is an organism, such as a virus or bacterium, that causes infectious diseases.

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Define ecological succession.

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Ecological succession is the process by which ecosystems change and develop over time, leading to a more stable community.

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What are abiotic factors?

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Abiotic factors are the non-living components of an ecosystem, such as climate, soil, water, and sunlight.

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What is biodiversity?

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species.

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Explain the concept of carrying capacity.

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Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustainably support.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The greenhouse effect is the warming of Earth's surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.