KINDS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES
... Shrubs replaced by shade intolerant trees. Shade intolerant trees replaced by shade tolerant trees. Stable, climax community often reached. – Each step in the process is known as a Successional (seral) Stage. ...
... Shrubs replaced by shade intolerant trees. Shade intolerant trees replaced by shade tolerant trees. Stable, climax community often reached. – Each step in the process is known as a Successional (seral) Stage. ...
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... n. Completive exclusion states that “two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist.” When is competitive exclusion most likely to occur? ...
... n. Completive exclusion states that “two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist.” When is competitive exclusion most likely to occur? ...
Biogeographic Processes
... Sympatric speciation – occurs within a larger population Polyploidy – in plants, two closely related species can ...
... Sympatric speciation – occurs within a larger population Polyploidy – in plants, two closely related species can ...
APES Ch 3 Ecosytems What are they and how do
... atmosphere when we burn fuels. This can turn into nitrogen dioxide gas and nitric acid vapor, which can return to the earth’s surface as damaging acid deposition or acid rain ...
... atmosphere when we burn fuels. This can turn into nitrogen dioxide gas and nitric acid vapor, which can return to the earth’s surface as damaging acid deposition or acid rain ...
Principles of Ecology
... The amount of water the atmosphere can hold depends on temperature and air pressure Nutrient cycles- every organism needs nutrients Build tissues, carry out essential life function Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen ...
... The amount of water the atmosphere can hold depends on temperature and air pressure Nutrient cycles- every organism needs nutrients Build tissues, carry out essential life function Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen ...
Nutrient Cycling and the Productivity of Humid Tropical Forests
... Table 1 shows 7 tropical forests, arranged roughly from least to most fertile soils. Note the range of above-ground biomass is about twofold. Yet the nutrient stocks vary by several orders of magnitude (an "order of magnitude" is equal to one power of ten, so that 100 is one order of magnitude great ...
... Table 1 shows 7 tropical forests, arranged roughly from least to most fertile soils. Note the range of above-ground biomass is about twofold. Yet the nutrient stocks vary by several orders of magnitude (an "order of magnitude" is equal to one power of ten, so that 100 is one order of magnitude great ...
Cell Division and Mitosis
... environmental reservoir constitutes a biogeochemical cycle. Main nutrient reservoirs in the environment ...
... environmental reservoir constitutes a biogeochemical cycle. Main nutrient reservoirs in the environment ...
4.1 * Interactions within Ecosystems
... ecologist could measure how much sunlight (abiotic) reaches the forest floor, and how the amount of sunlight affects the plants and animals (biotic) that live in the ecosystem ...
... ecologist could measure how much sunlight (abiotic) reaches the forest floor, and how the amount of sunlight affects the plants and animals (biotic) that live in the ecosystem ...
Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work
... oxide gas are released into the atmosphere. 3. Human activities affect the nitrogen cycle. a. In burning fuel, we add nitric oxide into the atmosphere; it can be converted to NO 2 gas and nitric acid, and it can return to the earth’s surface as acid rain. b. Nitrous oxide that comes from livestock, ...
... oxide gas are released into the atmosphere. 3. Human activities affect the nitrogen cycle. a. In burning fuel, we add nitric oxide into the atmosphere; it can be converted to NO 2 gas and nitric acid, and it can return to the earth’s surface as acid rain. b. Nitrous oxide that comes from livestock, ...
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
... nekton, benthos, and decomposers and give an example of each. List five factors that determine the types and numbers of organisms found in the three layers of aquatic life zones? What is turbidity, and how does it occur? Describe one of its harmful impacts. 3. What major ecological and economic serv ...
... nekton, benthos, and decomposers and give an example of each. List five factors that determine the types and numbers of organisms found in the three layers of aquatic life zones? What is turbidity, and how does it occur? Describe one of its harmful impacts. 3. What major ecological and economic serv ...
KINDS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES
... Shade intolerant trees replaced by shade tolerant trees. Stable, climax community often reached. – Each step in the process is known as a Successional (seral) Stage. ...
... Shade intolerant trees replaced by shade tolerant trees. Stable, climax community often reached. – Each step in the process is known as a Successional (seral) Stage. ...
Ecology - Humble ISD
... atmosphere through respiration. 3. When plants and animals die in an ecosystem, CO2 gas is returned to the atmosphere during decomposition. 3. Fossil fuels (Coal, oil, natural gas which were once living organic material) when burned produce CO2 gas and this is returned to the atmosphere and increase ...
... atmosphere through respiration. 3. When plants and animals die in an ecosystem, CO2 gas is returned to the atmosphere during decomposition. 3. Fossil fuels (Coal, oil, natural gas which were once living organic material) when burned produce CO2 gas and this is returned to the atmosphere and increase ...
Chapter 16
... sometimes are bounded by naturally delineated borders (lawn, crop field, lake); appropriate questions include whole-lake trophic dynamics and energy fluxes (e.g., Lindeman 1942) Watershed: a stream and all the terrestrial surface that drains into it rich history of watershed scale studies in ecosy ...
... sometimes are bounded by naturally delineated borders (lawn, crop field, lake); appropriate questions include whole-lake trophic dynamics and energy fluxes (e.g., Lindeman 1942) Watershed: a stream and all the terrestrial surface that drains into it rich history of watershed scale studies in ecosy ...
Jeopardy-Ecology
... • What is the tilt of earth’s axis? –Causes changes in the length of days and angle of heating ...
... • What is the tilt of earth’s axis? –Causes changes in the length of days and angle of heating ...
rocks, man-made items, rain, sunlight
... b. these factors interact with each other c. these factors affect the biotic factors ...
... b. these factors interact with each other c. these factors affect the biotic factors ...
Practice AP Questions
... On a straight line from Washington D. C. to San Francisco, one finds natural ecosystems consisting of deserts, grasslands, and forests. This difference is primarily the result of different : (a) amount of rainfall (b) temperatures (c) amounts of light (d) nutrients (e) topography. ...
... On a straight line from Washington D. C. to San Francisco, one finds natural ecosystems consisting of deserts, grasslands, and forests. This difference is primarily the result of different : (a) amount of rainfall (b) temperatures (c) amounts of light (d) nutrients (e) topography. ...
Student review sheet
... Water flows back into ocean or seeps into the ground Carbon cycle Plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis Animals and plants give off carbon dioxide Human activities add more carbon dioxide to the air Nitrogen cycle 78% of nitrogen is in gas form that most living things can not us ...
... Water flows back into ocean or seeps into the ground Carbon cycle Plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis Animals and plants give off carbon dioxide Human activities add more carbon dioxide to the air Nitrogen cycle 78% of nitrogen is in gas form that most living things can not us ...
food web - CST Personal Home Pages
... food webs on its way to and from the ocean, sediments, and rocks • Sediments and rocks are the main reservoir ...
... food webs on its way to and from the ocean, sediments, and rocks • Sediments and rocks are the main reservoir ...
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... During photosynthesis carbon in the form of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters through the leaves of plants and reacts with water in the presence of sunlight to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. 4. Cellular respiration is the process in which plants and animals make use of stored energy and rel ...
... During photosynthesis carbon in the form of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters through the leaves of plants and reacts with water in the presence of sunlight to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. 4. Cellular respiration is the process in which plants and animals make use of stored energy and rel ...
a building block for Green Economy Why is biodiversity important for
... activity – raw materials come from nature - Environmental damages (floods, fires) have negative economic impacts Biodiversity and the social pillar - The poor are highly dependent on biodiversity (1.6 bn people depend on forests for food, medicine and fuel) - Direct impacts (health – air pollution, ...
... activity – raw materials come from nature - Environmental damages (floods, fires) have negative economic impacts Biodiversity and the social pillar - The poor are highly dependent on biodiversity (1.6 bn people depend on forests for food, medicine and fuel) - Direct impacts (health – air pollution, ...
Organisms
... • The atm has not held this much Carbon for at least 420,000 years http://www.ucar.edu/ (The National Center for Atmospheric Research) ...
... • The atm has not held this much Carbon for at least 420,000 years http://www.ucar.edu/ (The National Center for Atmospheric Research) ...
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle is diverse. Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation. As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over the past century. Global atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) mole fractions have increased from a pre-industrial value of ~270 nmol/mol to ~319 nmol/mol in 2005. Human activities account for over one-third of N2O emissions, most of which are due to the agricultural sector. This article is intended to give a brief review of the history of anthropogenic N inputs, and reported impacts of nitrogen inputs on selected terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.