Extra Ecology

What is the carrying capacity?

• the species that are prone to predators and disease

• the amount of species that must leave to keep the environment stable

• the most animals an area can handle

• max # of individuals sustained in an environment

What is the carrying capacity for Species 5?

• 500

• 1000

• 1500

• 2000

Which type of succession is this?

• primary

• secondary

• limiting

• final

How can we as humans positively affect the environment?

• recycle

• reuse yard clippings to make fertilizers

• use renewable resources

• take longer showers

When oxygen is used up as algae is decomposed...

• eutrophication

• hypoxia

• aerobic respiration

How can carbon be released into the air?

• exhale

• burn fossil fuels

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

Which is considered an herbivore?

• racoon

• toad

• grasshopper

• tree

A layer of gases that traps heat from the sun's rays on earth...

• breathing gas

• propane gas

• greenhouse gases

• methane gas

Species Diversity is greatest in...

• primary succession

• secondary succession

When there is an increased amount of CO2, what could happen?

• higher plant growth

• rise in temperature

• acidic oceans