enero Flashcards

1
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are land- based global communities of organisms

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Biomes

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2
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this biome have warm temperatures, and abundant rain all the year?

A

tropical Rainforests

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3
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are where the primary plant life is grass?

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grasslands

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4
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what are the 2 types of grasslands?

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temperate, and tropical

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5
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is the biome that have very arid climate, very low precipitation

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desert

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6
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what are the 4 types of desert?

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hot,semiarid, and cold and coastal

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7
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includes decidious forests and rain forests?

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temperate forests

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8
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is located in cooler northern climates?

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taiga

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9
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is found in far northern latitudes with long winters?

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tundra

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10
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they have no soil, therefore no plant community

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polar ice caps

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11
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how are marine ecosystems?

A

global

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12
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how are determined the ocean zones?

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by their distance from the shoreline and water depths

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13
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what is the order how ocean zones are organized?

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intertidal, neritic, bathyal, abyssal

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14
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in what zone is the most biomass?

A

THE NERITIC

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15
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are the 2 types of plankton?

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zooplankton, phytoplankton

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16
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are found in warm waters?

A

coral reefs

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17
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are found in cold waters?

A

kelp forests

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18
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what include freshwater ecosystems?

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estuaries

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19
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is a partially enclosed body of water, it have the mixture of salt and freshwater, are highly reproductive systems

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estuary

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20
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is a region of land that drains into a body of water

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watershread

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21
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in how many zones are divided the freshwater ecosystems?

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3, littoral, limnetic and benthic

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22
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As human population grows, the demand for resources___

A

increases

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23
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Earth´s human carrying capacity is ______

24
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technology has helped to earth to _____: our carruing capacity

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are resources that are used faster as they are formred?
nonrenewable
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Careless of resources makes the unabailable to______
future generations
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is an example of irresponsible use of resources:
Easter island
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is the amount of land needed to support a person
ecological footprint
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fossil fuels affect:
the biosphere
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is one type of pollution:
smog
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is any undiserablefactor added to air, water, or soil:
pollution
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is produced by fossil fuel emissions
acid rain
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pollution of Earth,s freshwater supply threatens habitat ____
health
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pullution can put entire freshwater ecosystems in _____
danger
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provide a sign of ecosystem´s health?
amphibians, and top predators
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they can move up the whole foodchain??
pollutants
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Who are the most affected??
Top predators and humans
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the impact of a growing human population threats
biodiversity
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the loss of biodiversity has a :
long-term effect
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prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range:
Habitat fragmentation
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Habitat corridors are a:
solution to habitat fragmentation
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Is one specie that is brought to an ecosystem by humans?
introduced species
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Invasive species often:
push off native speciesº
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give 3 examples of invasive species
Burmese python, mice, and, kudzu
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what can help protect and restore ecosystems?
conservation methods
46
Sustainable developments meets what
needs without huring future generations
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are four of the adopted fishing practices
rotation of catches, fishing gear review, harvest reduction, and fishing bans
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is a specie that protects other species so it can survive
umbrella specie
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it develops polices and regulations to protect enviroment
EPA
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are the 3 acts that the EPA signed:
Clean Air act, Clean water act, and Endangered species act
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is the biological change process by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
evolution
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he made the CLASSIFICATION system from kingdoms to species
Linnaeus
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he said thet the species shared a COMMON ANCESTOR
Buffon
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he said thet MORE-COMPLEX forms developed from LESS-COMPLEX forms
E.Darwin
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he said thet ENVIROMENTAL change leads us to use or disuse of a structure
Lamarck