Changing Ecosystems

The gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land.

• Ecosystem

• Subsidence

• Biodiversity

• Flooding

Dredging

• Can stop a sinkhole

• Makes a healthy ecosystem

• Drilling petroleum in the Gulf of Mexico

• Dig out mud and grasses to make a canal to get to pipelines.

A community with interacting abiotic and biotic factors.

• Ecosystem

• Keystone Species

• Invasive Species

• Aquifers

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A variety of organisms in an ecosystem.

• Invasive Species

• Ecosystem

• Biodiversity

• Keystone Species

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Land that is covered in water seasonally or permanently.

• Wetlands

• Aquifers

• Marsh Grasses

• Brackish Water

Herbivore

• Eats mostly meat

• Eats mostly plants

• Eats both plants and animals

• Eats chocolate

Carnivore

• Eats mostly meat

• Eats mostly plants

• Eats plants and animals

• Eats only frog legs

All living things or organisms in an ecosystem are

• None

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

• Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

• Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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