_________ are the living things in an area. ___________ factors are the nonliving components of an ecosystem.

(a)  

(a)   is the specific environment it lives in
and includes the biotic and abiotic factors of its surroundings

What is the global ecosystem called?

(a)  

What is the sum of all the planet's ecosystem's?

(a)  

(a)   is a gradual, reversible, physiological
adjustment that occurs in response to an
environmental change

________ and _______ can generally tolerate the greatest temperature extremes because they are endotherms.

(a)  

An (a)   animal may require the use of the sun to regulate temperatures.

Birds and mammals are (a)  

Thicker fur coats in winter is an example of (a)  

Bird migration is an example of ___________ _______________.

(a)  

The "flagging" that wind causes in certain trees is an example of the ways that ___________ ____________ can affect growth and development so much that there may be remarkable differences in body shape within a population.

(a)  

(a)   have an especially rich range of behavioral responses.

A (a)   is a major terrestrial or aquatic life zone,
characterized by vegetation type in terrestrial
biomes or the physical environment in aquatic
biomes

Aquatic biomes occupy roughly (a)   of Earth's surface.

Freshwater biomes cover less than ___% of Earth and contain ______% of its water.

(a)  

Freshwater biomes contain (a)   % of all described species.

In lakes and large ponds, communities of plants, algae, and animals are distributed according to the ___________ of __________ and _______ from ____________

(a)  

A (a)   is a transitional biome between an aquatic ecosystem and a terrestrial one.

A (a)   is covered with water either permanently or periodically and support the growth of aquatic plants and are rich in species diversity

Waterfowl and many other birds depend on this biome for food and shelter during their journeys.

(a)  

What biome provides water storage areas that reduce flooding and improve water quality by trapping pollutants in their sediments?

(a)  

What biome is a "pit stop" for waterfowl?

(a)  

The sea floor is the (a)   realm

In the sunlit areas of the ocean, phytoplankton and multicellular algae can provide energy for

(a)  

(a)   are free floating animals, including microscopic ones that are abundant in the pelagic photic zone.

In what zone does the coral reef biome occur?

(a)  

A coral reef is built up by (a)   of coral animals.

Coral animals, or a group of (a)   that secrete a hard external skeleton. sindarwin

A coral reef is built up slowly by successive generations of
coral animals—a diverse group of cnidarians that secrete a
hard external skeleton—and by multicellular algae encrusted
with

(a)  

T/F: Coral reefs do not support very many fish or invertebrates.

(a)  

The __________ ____________ is where the ocean meets land.

(a)  

The shore is pouded by waves during ____ tide and the bottom is exposed to __________ and __________ winds during ______ tide

T/F: The intertidal zone is rocky.

(a)  

Sea stars, barnacles, and mussels find home in the rocky (a)   zone

List two biomes that have high biomass.

(a)   are a transition area between a river and
the ocean

(a)   are one of the most productive areas on earth.NOT WHAT YOU THINK

(a)   are crucial nesting and feeding areas for waterfowl.

(a)   is also affected by proximity to large bodies
of water and the presence of landforms such as
mountain ranges

(a)  
is the goal of developing, managing,
and conserving Earth’s resources in ways that
meet the needs of people today without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their needs

Name three natural greenhouse gases.

Name a synthetic greenhouse gas and where it comes from.

Temperature raises of _____ to _____C are likely by the end of the century.

(a)  

More than (a)   % of heat that is trapped by greenhouse gases is stored in the oceans.

Since heat is trapped in the oceans, what happens to the oceans?

The amount of
greenhouse gas emitted from the actions of a single individual
is that person’s ____________ ___________


(a)  

The goal of ____________ ___________ is to meet the needs of people today without limiting the ability of furture generations to meet their needs.

(a)  

________ _________ aims to conserve biodiversity and
improve the human condition

(a)  

(a)   are regional assemblages of interacting
ecosystems, such as an area with forest, adjacent fields,
wetlands, streams, and streamside habitats.

__________ ___________ is the application of ecological principles
to the study of land-use patterns. Its goal is to make
ecosystem conservation a functional part of the planning for
land use

(a)  

___________ ___________ ______or relatively small areas with a large number of endangered and threatened species.

(a)  

(a)   species are found nowhere else (pandemic)

(a)   ecology uses ecological principles to develop methods of returning degraded areas to their natural state.

ded (a)   -> Nutrients ->Producers -> Consumers ->Decomposers

_________ _________ is where a
chemical accumulates or is stockpiled outside of living
organisms

(a)  

The three important biogeo cycles are: CHOPIN

(a)  

(a)   diverstiy is the raw material of natural selection, which aloows organisms to adapt to a changing environment.

T/F: when an entire species is lost, their genetic resources are still accessible.

(a)  

An (a)   includes the organisms and the abiotic
factors in a particular area

_________ _____ are the functions performed by an ecosytem that directly or indirectly benefits people.

(a)  

List two ecosystem services that benefit people.

In __________ _______comp the
population growth of a species may be limited by the
population densities of competing species and by the
density of its own population

(a)  

An (a)   niche is an orgs job in an ecosystem.

The ________ ______ principle states that if two species have a too similar eco niche, then they cannot coexist in the same place.

(a)  

(a)   used two closely related species of protists to prove the competitive exclusion principle.

(a)   structure refers to the feeding relationships
among the various species in a community

The sequence of food transfer between trophic levels is a

(a)  

The trophic level that supports all other trophic levels are

(a)  

Herbivores are primary (a)  

(a)   is the dead material left by all trophic levels.

(a)   digest
molecules in organic material and convert organic materials
into inorganic forms

Diversity of a community is its ____________ and its _________ dance

(a)  

(a)   are episodes that damage biological communities temporarily. art disturbs the

Name three natural disturbances.

What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?

the amount, or mass, of living organic
material in an ecosystem the (a)  

The rate at which an ecosystem’s producers convert solar
energy to the chemical energy stored in organic
compounds is called _______ ____________

(a)  

Name an example of primary succession.