Interdependence And Human Impacts

Question 1

A relationship between organisms where there is a cycle where one’s population increases, and the other follows, then one decreases and the other follows.

Answer 1

Predator/Prey Relationship

Question 2

What happens when two species occupy the same niche at the same time?

Answer 2

Competition

Question 3

Three types of symbiosis

Answer 3

Commensalism, Mutualism, Parasitism

Question 4

Commensalism

Answer 4

One organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Question 5

Parasitism

Answer 5

One organism benefits and the other suffers

Question 6

Mutualism

Answer 6

Both organisms benefit from

Question 7

Light, food, fuel, medicine, building material, paper, and soil are all…

Answer 7

Resources provided by the ecosystem

Question 8

What is poaching?

Answer 8

The process of hunting and illegally killing endangered animals

Question 9

What are some reasons you might NOT want to save a plant?

Answer 9

Money, funding, if it can survive in a lab, etc…

Question 10

Alternate energy

Answer 10

Solar, wind

Question 11

Hot spots

Answer 11

The places that are most endangered and where investing money will have the greatest impact

Question 12

Anthrome

Answer 12

Human impacted biomes

Question 13

Ecological instability

Answer 13

The result in an ecosystem becoming less diverse

Question 14

What gas becomes abundant due to deforestation

Answer 14

Co2

Question 15

What gasses are responsible for the destruction of the ozone layer and global warming?

Answer 15

Methane and Co2

Question 16

Symbiotic relationship

Answer 16

A close, prolonged interaction between two or more different species

Question 17

Habitat fragmentation

Answer 17

When parts of a habitat are destroyed, leaving behind similar disconnected pieces

Question 18

Greenhouse effect

Answer 18

The process through which heat is trapped near Earth’s surface by greenhouse gases.

Question 19

What chemical causes ozone depletion

Answer 19

CFC

Question 20

Fossil Fuels

Answer 20

The fuel that comes from the remains of organisms from years ago

Question 21

What results from splitting atoms

Answer 21

Nuclear Fuel

Question 22

Industrialization

Answer 22

The process of turning an economy from one that depends on agriculture to one that depends on manufacturing

Question 23

What are the three Rs

Answer 23

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Question 24

List the levels of organization from smallest to largest

Answer 24

Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere

Question 25

The more stable an ecosystem is…

Answer 25

The more biodiverse it is

Question 26

Three types of pollution

Answer 26

Water, air, soil

Question 27

Photosynthesis takes _______ out of the atmosphere

Answer 27

Co2

Question 28

_________ traps heat

Answer 28

Co2

Question 29

Carrying Capacity

Answer 29

The maximum population of a certain species that an environment can hold

Question 30

What determines carrying capacity

Answer 30

Limiting factors

Question 31

Renewable Resources (list three)

Answer 31

Resources that can be replenished (food, water, trees)

Question 32

Non-renewable Resources (list three)

Answer 32

Resources that cannot be replenished (aluminum, coal, iron)

Question 33

Trade-off definition

Answer 33

Pros and cons to doing something but the pros outweigh the cons (ex: building on land could kill some organisms but it would create many job opportunities)

Question 34

Monoculture

Answer 34

Planting large areas with a single highly productive crop year after year… may degrade soil over time

Question 35

Acid Rain

Answer 35

Results when nitric and sulfuric acids are formed after being released by the burning of fossil fuels in our factories and homes (effects ecosystems)