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What are the 7 Environmental Principles |
Nature knows best, all forms of life are important, everything is connected to everything else, everything changes, everything must go somewhere, ours is a finite earth, nature is beautiful and we are stewards of god's creation |
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It is a branch of science which is interdisciplinary. |
Environmental Science |
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Balance between development and preservation |
Conservation |
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3 primary theories in philosophical approaches to environmental ethics |
Anthropocentric, biocentrism, ecocentrism |
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a living thing that has an organizedstructure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis. |
Organism |
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group of interbreeding individulsof the same species, which is isolated from other groups. |
Population |
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group or populations of two or more different species occupying the same are at the same time. |
Community |
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community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in specific environment. |
Ecosystem |
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made up of the parts of earth where life exists. |
Biosphere |
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it is also defined as a group of land of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms. |
Biomes |
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• It is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Earth's oldest living ecosystem |
RAINFOREST |
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Types of Rainforest that found in places with moderate temperature like the northwest coast old USA. This type of forest has huge trees. |
Temperate rainforest |
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Types of Rainforest that found near equator and have lots of precipitation. The plants were diverse, and the climate is warm and humid all year along. |
TROPICAL RAINFOREST |
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This biome has no vegetation. |
Desert |
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Biome that is populated by grasses and nonwoody plants. |
Grassland |
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Other term for grassland is ______ . |
PRAIRIE |
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It is a grassland that consists of grasses and some small trees that are scattered. |
SAVANNA |
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Has vegetation that consists of broad leaved trees that shed their leaves seasonally. |
Deciduous forest |
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This biome is also known as taiga. |
BOREAL FOREST |
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Most of the plants are coniferous and the temperature is freezing during winter but warm during rainy days. |
Boreal forest |
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Consists of permafrost or permanently frozen land. Located near the northern and southern parts of the globe. |
TUNDRA |
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What are the three components of lithosphere |
Soil, rocks, sediment |
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What kind of feeding relationships is on the figure? |
Food chain |
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What cycle is on the figure? |
Nutrient cycle |
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This figure shows the feeding relationships of? |
Food web |
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What cycle is on the figure? |
Water cycle |
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What process of water is on the figure? |
Infiltration |
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What process of water is on the figure? |
Transpiration |
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The runoff produced by melting snow |
Snowmelt |
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Condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth's surface. Most precipitation occurs as rain, but also includes snow, hail, fog drip, graupel, and sleet. |
Precipitation |
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The flow of water from the ground surface into the ground. Once infiltrated, the water becomes soil moisture or groundwater. |
Infiltration |
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The variety of ways by which water moves across the land. |
Runoff |
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The flow of water underground, in the vadose zone and aquifers. |
Subsurface Flow |
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The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere. |
Evaporation |
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The state change directly from solid water (snow or ice) to water vapor |
Sublimation |
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the transport of a substance or quantity by bulk motion of a fluid. |
Advection |
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The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air, creating clouds and fog. |
Condensation |
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The release of water vapor from plants and soil into the air. Water vapor is a gas that cannot be seen. |
Transpiration |
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What are the 10 processes of the water cycle? |
Precipitation, snowmelt, condensation, evaporation, sublimation, advection, transpiration, run off, sub surface flow, infiltration |
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What cycle is on the figure? |
Sedimentary - phosphorus cycle |
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What cycle is on the figure? |
Sedimentary - phosphorus cycle |
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The figure shows what cycle? |
Sedimentary - sulfur cycle |
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The figure shows what cycle? |
Gaseous - Nitrogen cycle |
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The figure shows what cycle? |
Gaseous - Nitrogen cycle |
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The figure shows what cycle? |
Gaseous - oxygen cycle |
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The cycle shows? |
Gaseous- Carbon dioxide cycle |
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Define the population |
Uniform, Radom, Clumped |
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What type of ecosystem that form when salt water from the ocean mixes with fresh water from the land. |
Estuary Ecosystem |
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It is the branch of ecology that works to understand the patterns and processes of change over time or space for populations of a single species. |
Population ecology |
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It is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. |
ECOLOGY |
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This deals with the relationships between an organism or population and environment. |
Autecology |
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It focuses on the relationships between communities and their environment. |
SYNECOLOGY |
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The basic unit of study in ecology is the _____. |
Ecosystem |
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It is an any living thing, whether it is a human being, germ, a rose bush, or a panda bear. |
ORGANISM |
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This defines the group of organisms of the same kind. |
Population |
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the next largest level of organization. |
Community |