Enviro. Sci 1st Semester Final

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What are the two primary types of estuaries?

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Salt marshes and mangrove forests.

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What is the term for the change in an organism's environment that leads to adaptation?

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Habitat change.

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What biome is characterized by receiving less than 10 inches of rain each year?

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Desert.

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What might happen to the leopard seal population if the cod population decreases?

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The leopard seal population may decrease.

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How do animals primarily obtain their nitrogen fix?

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By eating other organisms.

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What is an estuary?

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A coastal area where freshwater from rivers meets and mixes with saltwater from the ocean.

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What is the significance of adaptation in organisms?

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Adaptation allows organisms to survive and thrive in changing environments.

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is a food web?

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

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What role do photosynthetic plankton play in marine ecosystems?

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They produce oxygen and serve as a primary food source for many marine organisms.

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