APES Unit 2.5 Natural Disruptions to an Ecosystem

Organize these options into the right categories

• Flooding/Sea level rising

• ________ expanding at large rates forming ice sheets

• Volcanic Disruption

• Prolonged period of abnormally low precipitation causing water shortage

• Increase in Temperature

• The overflowing of water onto normaly dry land/ areas usually with a lot less water

• Glaciation

• The events of destruction caused by________ activity

• Drought

• Gradual rise in average temperature, often associated w/ climate change

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(a)   :Uncontrolled fires that spread rapidly throughout the plants

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Shifting of tectonic Plates

• earthquake

• wildfire

• glaciation

• volcanic disruption

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Glaciation and Increase in Temperatures usually have ______ effects

• Long Term

• Short Term

Answer explanation

Think climate change and ice age... pretty big events

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​ (a)   disturbances include agriculture, air pollution, deforestation, mountaintop mining, and settlements.

• Anthropogenic
• Natural

Answer explanation

Anthropogenic means human inflicted

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Match the disturbance with the example

• Drought

• Burns and kills organisms

• Flooding/Sea level rise

• A landslide occurs ruining the terrain

• Wildfires

• An ecosystem usually with plentiful rain hasn't had any in awhile.

• Volcanic Disruption

• Water reaching beyond the coastline

• Earthquake

• Ashfall polluting the atmosphere

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All of the following are considered anthropogenic disruptions EXCEPT:

• Pollution

• Logging

• Overharvesting

• Hurricanes

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Which is the best description of natural disruptions?

• they are only caused by humans

• the can occur periodically or randomly

• they always cause complete destruction of an ecosystem

• they are always detrimental to ecosystems

Define periodic, episodic, and random events

• Periodic

• occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals

• Episodic

• no regular frequency

• random

• occurring at repeated intervals