Ecology - FINAL EXAM Review

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What is the primary human activity that contributes the most carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

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Burning Fossil Fuels and deforestation.

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What do we call members of a species in a defined area?

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Population.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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How would you describe a biome with high biodiversity?

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It has a rich variety of species and ecosystems.

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What role does the shrew play in the food web?

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It provides energy for predators like snakes.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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Define 'producer' in an ecological context.

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in ecology?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What is deforestation?

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The clearing or thinning of forests by humans.