Ecology

Question 1

What is Changement Climatique

Answer 1

More short term, includes the adverse effects as well.

Question 2

What is Échauffement planétaire

Answer 2

Long Term

Question 3

What are the 3 factors of sustainability

Answer 3

Economy, Environment, Society

Question 4

What is Abiotique

Answer 4

Not living

Question 5

What is the Chaine Alimentaire

Answer 5

The

Question 6

What is a Pesticide

Answer 6

A chemical that removes pests from something, usually crops

Question 7

What does Biotique Mean

Answer 7

Living and natural

Question 8

What is a Réseau Alimentaire

Answer 8

A drawing of different nutrition methods

Question 9

What is an Ecosystem

Answer 9

The combination of Biotic and Non-Biotic factors make up an ecosystem

Question 10

What are the 7 factors that define a Biotic Creature

Answer 10

-Needs food
-Produces Waste
-Breathes
-Responds to it’s environment
-Can fix itself
-Grows and reproduces
-Limited Lifespan

Question 11

What is a Biome

Answer 11

Multiple similar ecosystems

Question 12

4 greek elements

Answer 12

Earth, Wind, Fire, Rock

Question 13

What is the Biosphere

Answer 13

All ecosystems and biomes

Question 14

What is Bioamplification

Answer 14

The accumulation of different substances at different levels of the food chain

Question 15

What is an Hétérotrophe

Answer 15

An organism that cannot produce it’s own food

Question 16

What is an Autotrophe

Answer 16

An organism that can produce it’s own food

Question 17

What is Biodiversité

Answer 17

All organisms that live in an ecosystem

Question 18

What is Circulation Thermohaline

Answer 18

Global Conveyor Belt (You know about that)

Question 19

What is Capacité Biotique

Answer 19

The maximum amount of a certain species that can live in an ecosystem. Determined by the amount of energy, materials, and food available

Question 20

What is Nitrate

Answer 20

A plant nutrient

Question 21

What is Niveau Trophique

Answer 21

The rank of an organism in the food chain

Question 22

What is a Population Fermée

Answer 22

Nothing can enter or exit

Question 23

What is a Fixateur D’azote

Answer 23

Something that takes Azote from the earth

Question 24

What is a Population Ouverte

Answer 24

Things can enter and exit

Question 25

What is Fixation D'azote

Answer 25

Taking azote from the earth

Question 26

What is Eutrophisation

Answer 26

The process in which a water body becomes overly enriched with nutrients

Question 27

What is the difference between Climat and Météo

Answer 27

Climat- The general climate of an area, ex. a rainforest Météo- A specific weather event

Question 28

What is Conduction

Answer 28

Energy transfer by particles colliding

Question 29

What is Convection

Answer 29

energy transfer by particles moving in a fluid, vertical motion in a fluid or gas

Question 30

What is Advection

Answer 30

energy transfer by particles moving in a fluid, horizontal motion in a fluid or gas

Question 31

What is Albédo

Answer 31

The amount of energy something can reflect/ absorb. High Albédo= Lots of reflection and Vice Versa

Question 32

What is the Capacité de Chaleur

Answer 32

The amount of energy required to heat an area

Question 33

What is Gradient de Pression

Answer 33

Describes in which direction and at what rate the pressure increases the most rapidly around a particular location.

Question 34

What is Pression Atmosphérique

Answer 34

Pressure within the atmosphere of Earth

Question 35

What is The Coriolis Effect

Answer 35

The appearance that everything far away that's moving is moving in the opposite direction

Question 36

What are les Vents Dominantes

Answer 36

Big Winds high up

Question 37

What are les Courants Jets

Answer 37

Vents de Grande Vitesse dans le haut de la troposphere

Question 38

What are Courants Océaniques

Answer 38

Currans in the Ocean

Question 39

What are Courants de Surface

Answer 39

The surface currents in the first 100m of the ocean

Question 40

What is the Pyramide d'Énergie

Answer 40

Energy found in each organism at each food chain level

Question 41

What is the Pyramide de Nombres

Answer 41

Actual numbers of each organism

Question 42

What is the Pyramide de Biomasse

Answer 42

The weight of something once all the water is removed from it's body (Yikes)

Question 43

What is an Organisme Nuisible

Answer 43

A pest

Question 44

What is Radiation

Answer 44

Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves

Question 45

What does Intraspécifique mean

Answer 45

An interaction between 2 different species

Question 46

What does Interspécifique mean

Question 47

What are Thermodynamics

Answer 47

The study of energy transformation

Question 48

What are thermodynamic laws

Answer 48

1-Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, just transformed 2-During energy transfer, heat is often lost

Question 49

What determines the amount of energy in an ecosystem

Answer 49

Energy captured by plants

Question 50

What is an espèce préoccupante

Answer 50

Sensible to human actions or natural forces.

Question 51

What is the cycle biogéochimique

Answer 51

Describes how nutrients move in different ecosystems