Unit 1 Environmental

What happens to the sunlight?

• 70% of sunlight is absorbed by plants, land, and water. The light energy may be turned into thermal energy (heat), or food energy (photosynthesis)
• 30% of all sunlight that reaches Earth is reflected back into space
• Both

What is the 1st organism to colonize an area?

• Apex Predator
• Pioneer Species
• Keystone Species
• Indicator Species

What is the ability to maintain and continue to exist on its own?

• Population
• Apex Predator
• Sustainability
• Capacity

all the members of a species that live in the same place is called...

• Population
• Community
• Species
• Ecosystem

any non-native organism—may be good, bad, or have no impact at all is called...

• Invasive species
• Apex species
• Exotic species
• Keystone species

any organism that makes its own food

• predator
• omnivore
• autotroph
  
• scavenger

What do you call anything that prevents an organism from thriving or being successful (absence of needs, presence of harms)

• Carrying capacity
• Sustainability
• Invasive Species
• Limiting factors

Autotroph that uses chemicals to make its own food is called...

• Chemotroph
• Heterotroph
• Omnivore
• Vector

What are Natural Causes of Habitat Fragmentation

• Avalanches and forest fires
• Earthquakes and floods
• Volcanoes
• All of them

What do you call the average weather pattern over a long period of time (100 years or more)

• Weather
• Climate
• Seasons