Earth In The Balance Flashcards
What is an abiotic feature of an environment?
An abiotic feature of an environment is a non-living factor of an environment such as rocks, water, leaves and the soil.
What is a biotic feature of an environment?
A biotic feature of an environment is a living creature such as plants and animals.
What are quadrats?
A grid which measures the number of flora/fauna in a specific grid.
What are transects?
Transects show the elevation of an area.
What is bioaccumulation?
Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of chemicals inside a living organism.
What is the carbon cycle?
The carbon cycle is a cycle where sunrays are absorbed by plants, eaten by organisms and eventually returns to the sun.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
The nitrogen cycle is a cycle depicting the different routes nitrogen can take. It can either be absorbed by nitrates, evaporated into the sun, returned to waste, rained into the ocean or taken by organisms.
What is the enhanced greenhouse effect?
The accumulation of heat in the atmosphere which changes the climate of an environment.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is when sunrays are trapped within the earth’s atmosphere.
