Earth systems

Question 1

system

Answer 1

any assemblage or set of correlated members:
a system of currency; a system of shortland characters.

Question 2

feedback

Answer 2

A reaction or response to a particular process or activity:
He got very little feedback from his speech.

Question 3

model

Answer 3

worthy to serve as a model; exemplary and atmosphere that supports life.

Question 4

biosphere

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The part of the earth’s crust waters, and atmosphere that supports life.

Question 5

ecosystem

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any system or network of interconnecting and interacting parts as in a business: The success of apple’s ecosystem depends on hardware/software integration.

Question 6

biome

Answer 6

A complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region especially such a community that has developed to climax.

Question 7

organism

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A form life considered as an entity; an animal, plant, fungus, protistan, or moneran

Question 8

population

Answer 8

The body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.

Question 9

biotic factor

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A living thing as an animal or plant that influences or affects an ecosystem: How do humans affect other biotic factors? weather is not a biotic factor because it is not alive.

Question 10

abiotic factor

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nonliving condition or thing as climate or habitat that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organism in it: Abiotic factors can determine which species of organisms will survive in a given environment.

Question 11

community

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A locality inhabited by such a group.

Question 12

habitat

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The place where a person or thing is usually found: paris is a major habitat of artists.

Question 13

niche

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A distinct segment of a market.

Question 14

biodiversity

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biological diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment: coral reefs are not just havens for marine biodiversity they also underpin the economies of many coastal communities

Question 15

keystone species

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A species whose presence and role within an ecosystem has a disproportionate effect on other organisms within the system. A keystone species is often a dominant predator whose removal allows a prey population to explode and often decreases overall diversity.

Question 16

exponential growth

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growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.

Question 17

logistic growth

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Is population increase that happens in a manner that starts slowly as there are few individuals then increase in speed as numbers increase, but then decreases to a halt as numbers get high enough that resources are depleted and cannot support further growth.

Question 18

carrying capacity

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The maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment.

Question 19

density dependent

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density-dependent factor also called regulating factor in ecology any population of living things in…

Question 20

density independent

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density-independent factor, also called limiting factor, in ecology, any force that affects the size of a population of living things regardless of the individuals per unit area.

Question 21

population density

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population density is the concentration of individuals within a specific geographic locale.

Question 22

emigration

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The act of leaving one’s own country to settle permanently in another moving abroad.

Question 23

disturbance

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The interruption of a settled and peaceful condition.

Question 24

resilience

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The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Question 25

resistance

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The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.

Question 26

ecological succession

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The process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time.