ENE-FEB 7 BIM Flashcards

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What’s the marine ecosystem found in cold waters?

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Kelp forest

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What are the two kinds of grassland?

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Tropical and temperate

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How many zones is the ocean divided into?

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4 zones

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What is the name of the last ocean zone?

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Abyssal zone

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How do you call the ecosystem in which a river flows into an ocean?

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Estuary

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What biome has winters up to 10 months?

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Tundra

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What ocean zone has the most biomass?

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Neritic zone

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In what kind of temperature do you find coral reefs?

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Warm

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What’s the name of the first ocean zone?

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Intertidal zone

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What’s the biome with the most biodiversity?

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Tropical rainforest

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In which minor biome do you find mainly short vegetation?

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Chaparral

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What’s the kind of plankton that behaves like a plant?

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Phytoplankton

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What’s a lake ‘s first zone?

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Littoral

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There are 4 types of desert , what are them?

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Hot
Cold
Semi-arid
Coastal

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In which biome was the Lion King mainly drawn?

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Grassland

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What are the two types of resources?

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Renewables resources

Nonrenewable resources

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17
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Are used faster than they form

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Non renewable resources

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Examples of non renewables resources

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Coal

Oil

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Cannot be used up or can replenish themselves over time

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Renewable resources

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Examples of renewable resources

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Wind
Water
Sunlight

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Is the amount of land needed to support a person

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Ecological footprint

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Greenhouse effect occurs when

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Slows the release of energy from Earth’s atmosphere

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Provide a sign of an ecosystem’s health

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Indication species

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Examples of indicator species

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Amphibians

Top predator

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Causes accumulation of toxins in the food chain
Biomagnification
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Prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range
Habitat fragmentation
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Is one species that is brought to an ecosystem by human
Introduced species
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Examples of introduced species
Burmese phyton Mice Kudzu
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Manages resources for present and future generations
Sustainable development
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A species that protect another species
Umbrella species
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3 important environmental laws
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered species act
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6 biomes
``` Tropical Grassland Desert Temperate Taiga Tundra ```
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Produce lush forests
Tropical rainforests
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Snow
Temperate grassland
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Warm
Tropical grassland
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Very arid climate
Desert
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Hot
Deciduous forest
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Wet season
Temperate rain forest
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Located in cooler northern climate
Taiga
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Is found in the far northern latitude with a long winter
Tundra
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Warm temperatures | Abundant precipitation all the year
Tropical rain forest
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Are dry and warm summer | Most precipitation falls as snow
Temperate grassland
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Are warm through the year | Definite dry and rainy seasons
Tropical grassland
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Very low amount of precipitation | For types , hot , semi arid , coastal and cold
Desert
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Have hot summers and cold winters | Are the dominant plant species
Deciduous forest
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Have a long wet season
Temperate rain forest
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Boreal forest Long winters and short summers Small amount of precipitation
Taiga
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Winter last 10 months | Limited precipitation
Tundra
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Order of the ocean zones
Intertidal zone Neritic zone Bathyal zone Abyssal zone
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How can oceans zones can be determined
By their distance from shoreline and water depths
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2 unique coastal habitats
Coral reefs | Kelp forests
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Between low and high tide
Intertidal zone
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From intertidal zone to continental shelf
Neritic zone
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From neritic zone to base of continental shelf
Bathyal zone
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Lies below 2000 m
Abyssal zone
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Is a partially enclosed body of water form when a river flows into an ocean
Estuary
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Is similar to the oceanic intertidal zone , and is located between the high and low marks along the shore
Littoral zone
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Refers to the open water located farther out from the shore
Limnetic zone
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Is the lake or bond bottom when less sunlight reaches
Benthic zone
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is the biological change process by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
Evolution
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is a group of organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring
Species
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CLASSIFICATION system from kingdom to species
Linnaeus
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species shared ANCESTORS rather than arising separately
Buffon
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MORE-COMPLEX forms developed from LESS-COMPLEX forms
E.Darwin
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ENVIRONMENTAL JIRAFES change leads to use or disuse of structure
Lamarck
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3 theories of geologic change
CATASTROPHISM Gradualism Uniformitarianism
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Earth's human population is about..
7 billions
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Is the science of naming and classifying organisms
Taxonomy
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Is a system that gives each species a two part scientific name using LATIN words
Binomial nomenclature
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The second part of a scientific name
Species descriptor
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Advantages over common names
Help scientists to communicate
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How its organized the linnaean classification
Based on physical similarities
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7 taxa
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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Limitations for the linnaean system
The technology didn't exist in linnaeus time Linnaean system is only based on physical similarities
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Is a group of organisms in a classification
Taxon
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How can phylogenies can be shown?
In branching trees diagram
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Is the evolutionary history of a group of species
Phylogenies
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Phylogenies can be determined by using evidence like
Living species Molecular data Fossil records
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Is a group of species that shares a common ancestor
Clade
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Are traits shared in different degrees by clade members
Derived character
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Represent the most recent common ancestor shared by clade
Node
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Provide clues to evolutionary history
Molecular clocks
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Is used to study closely related species
Mitochondrial dna
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Is used to study distantly related species
Ribosomal RNA
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What are the 3 domains
Bacteria Archea Eukarya
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Eukarya includes the next kingdoms
Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia