Environmental Science Flash cards Reviewer

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What is the 3 positive impacts of science on society:

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• Improved industries

• Advancements in agriculture

• Progress in medicine

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The term "ecosystem" was coined by which German zoologist?

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Ernst Haeckel

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A group of interacting organs that work together to maintain an organism's health and survival is called a:

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Organ system

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Which ecological pyramid is always upright because energy decreases at each successive trophic level?

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Pyramid of Energy

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The branch of biology that studies the relationships between living organisms and their environment.

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Ecology

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A systematic process of studying the natural and physical world through observation and experimentation to build and organize knowledge.

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Science

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A community of living organisms (biotic) interacting with their non-living environment (abiotic).

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ECOSYSTEM

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The living parts of an ecosystem (e.g., plants, animals and Humans)

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Biotic

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the non-living parts (e.g., water, sunlight, soil).

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Abiotic

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Is a simple, linear model showing the flow of energy from one organism to another.

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Food chain