Earth's System

Question 1

System

Answer 1

an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole.

Question 2

Feedback

Answer 2

the process of returning part of the output of a circuit system or device to the input either to oppose the input or to aid the input positive feedback

Question 3

Model

Answer 3

to give shape or form to: fashion

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

The part of earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.

Question 5

Ecosystem

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group of interconnected elements, formed by the interactions of community of organisms with their environments

Question 6

Biome

Answer 6

a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region especially such a community that has developed to climax

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Organism

Answer 7

a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital process

Question 8

Population

Answer 8

The act or process of population

Question 9

biotic factor

Answer 9

a living thing,as an animal or plant, that influences of affect an ecosystem

Question 10

abiotic factor

Answer 10

a nonliving condition or thing

Question 11

community

Answer 11

a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality

Question 12

Habitat

Answer 12

the natural environment of an organism

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Niche

Answer 13

an ornamental recces in a wall

Question 14

biodiversity

Answer 14

biological diversity among within plant and animal species in an environment

Question 15

keystone species

Answer 15

A species whose presence and role within an ecosystem has a disproportionate effect on other organism within the system.

Question 16

exponential growth

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A growth in which the rate is proportional to the increasing number or size in an exponential (rather than arithmetical) or logarithmic progression.

Question 17

logistic growth

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When resources are limited, populations exhibit logistic growth.

Question 18

carrying capacity

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Carrying capacity can be defined as a species’ average population size in a particular habitat.

Question 19

density dependent

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A density-dependent factor is a factor whose effects on the size or growth of a population vary with the population density.

Question 20

density independent:

Answer 20

those that influence the death rates of organisms or have a limiting effect on the population but do not control the number or range of the population of organisms

Question 21

population density

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Population density is the concentration of individuals within a species in a specific geographic locale.

Question 22

emigration

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Emigration means an animal leaves its home because the habitat is no longer ideal for them and they need to find a more suitable environment.

Question 23

disturbance

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ecological disturbance, an event or force, of nonbiological or biological origin, that brings about mortality to organisms and changes in their spatial patterning in the ecosystems they inhabit.

Question 24

Resilience

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the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Question 25

Resistance

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the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely.

Question 26

Ecological

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relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.