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WorksheetsUnit 2 Vocab AP Envionmental Science
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Ecosystem Services
The process all life undergoes to adapt to changes in environmental or behavior over millions of years
Growing Up
Adaptation
Natural Selection
Evolution
______ Selection is when the enviornmental factors affect what the next generation will look like
Alfred Russel Wallace was a _____ that made the idea of natural selection
Bassist
Mutation is when
The variety of life in an area is called its
Shelter
This type of diversity involves only animals
Species Diversity
Genetic Diversity
Ecosystem Diversity
This type of diversity is found in DNA
Ecosystem Diversity
This diversity involves animals and its other neighboring communities, habitats, etc.
Ecosystem Diversity
Species Diversity
Genetic Diversity
A species that did not belong originally to the ecosystem its in
Predator Species
a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics
Species that are very specific in what they eat or get eaten by
Generalist Species
Specialist Species
Species that eat or get eaten by anything
Specialist Species
Generalist species
Endemic
Disturbance in science means
a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit.
the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize so as to retain essentially the same function, structure, and feedbacks
This type of succession happens in barren lands filled with rock
This type of succession happens on a burned down land that already had biolife before
This biolife is some of the first biolife in a primary succession
an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem.
An indicator species is
Island Biogeography Theory is the theory that
the relationship between the area of a habitat, or of part of a habitat, and the number of species found within that area.
Species-area Curve
The debate between if one large reserve or many small reserves is better is called the
SLOSS dilemma
GeoGrande dilemma
any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature
Provisioning Ecosystem Service
Regulating Ecosystem Service
Cultural Ecosystem Service
Supporting Ecosystem Services
any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature
Provisioning Ecosystem Service
Regulating Ecosystem Service
Cultural Ecosystem Service
Supporting Ecosystem Services
benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena
Provisioning Ecosystem Service
Regulating Ecosystem Service
Cultural Ecosystem Service
Supporting Ecosystem Services
non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems
Provisioning Ecosystem Service
Regulating Ecosystem Service
Cultural Ecosystem Service
Supporting Ecosystem Services
