The definition of ecosystem monitoring .

• a way to check the condition of an ecosystem.

• watching ecology shows

• monitoring the animals that exist in an specific quadrat.

• an animal that is used monitor the overall health of an ecosystem

Using satellites to track changes in landscape over time.

• satellite monitoring

• landscape monitoring

• physical monitoring

• environmental monitoring

Tracking changes in the climate, temperature and weather patterns.

• environmental monitoring

• physical monitoring

• biological monitoring

• abiotic monitoring

Assessing the quality of air, soil, and water.

• physical monitoring

• environmental monitoring

• chemical monitoring

• abiotic monitoring

Tracking changes in organisms or populations of organisms.

• wildlife monitoring

• biotic monitoring

• environmental monitoring

• biological monitoring

Environmental monitoring should be done by...

• scientists

• volunteers

• governments

• science teachers

When should environmental monitoring occur?

• when approved by governments

• after a disturbance

• before a disturbance

• when a species in endanger

___________ monitoring enables us to identify the changes in the environment over time.

• Continuous

• Environmental

• Ecosystem

• Biological

_______make good indicator species.

• scientists

• fish

• amphibians

• slugs

This gives scientists a starting point to compare changes in the environment.

• baseline data

• environmental monitoring

• indicator species

• permanent plots