Green Lab Book Study Guide Flashcards
Which state would have the highest salinity
The state that’s closest to the Atlantic ocean
Define estuary
A body of water where fresh water and saltwater mix and meet
Define tributary
A body of water that flows into another
What tributary are we closest to
The Potomac
What does biotic mean
Any living thing in an ecosystem
What does abiotic mean
Any nonliving thing in ecosystem
What are the five factors we used to measure water quality
Conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, pH, and water temperature
What causes Dio to increase
Coldwater photosynthesis moving water natural diffusion and light
What causes DOT do you decrease
Warm water respiration and night time
What are facts about acid
1 to 6 on the pH scale sour or sweet taste sticky to touch red orange yellow on pH scale increased by respiration and more H plus ions
What are facts about bases
814 on the pH scale bitter taste slippery to touch blue green purple and pH scale increased by photosynthesis and more OH minus ions
What are some of the major concerns regarding the Bayswater quality
Farms which is fertilizer can add a significant amount of nitrogen to the watershed as run off washes over the field into the tributaries. Extra nitrogen can lead to algae blooms and eutrophication or dead zones
What are the four factors which determine climate
Precipitation elevation latitude and temperature
What are the six terrestrial biomes from coldest to warmest
Tundra, Tyga, temperate deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest, desert
What are three distinct characteristics for the tundra by am
Cold and dry, no trees/sick for for animals, and a layer of permafrost
What are three characteristics for the taiga biome
Evergreen trees, is the largest land by am, and gold and somewhat dry
What are three characteristics for the temperate deciduous forest
Four distinct seasons, trees go dormant in the winter, and one of the examples of Virginia
What are three distinct characteristics for the marine by am
Cover 75% of the earth, high salinity,
What are three distinct characteristics for the desert but I am
Hot and dry, animals, plants conserve water, and it’s cold at night
What are three distinct characteristics for the tropical rain forest
Hot and wet, greatest righty of life, no grass, and trees grow tall for sun
What is transpiration
Transpiration turns into condensation was just turns and precipitation which turns into of Apparation respiration comes from animals to condensation
How does carbon dioxide move around the carbon cycle
Factories get out carbon dioxide, Treasa take carbon dioxide in and let oxygen out and animals take cart oxygen and turn it into carbon dioxide
What is the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle
Bacteria sixes the nitrogen in the air and turns it into a usable form for plants
How are products and reactants changed and exchange between plants and animals
A chloroplast go through photosynthesis because of the sun, from the chloroplast oxygen and glucose going to mitochondria, cellular respiration happens and water and carbon dioxide exit and go back into photosynthesis
What is the green chemical inside of chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Which level of the food pier mid has the most energy
The bottom of the pyramid, the producers
What is the source of all energy on earth
The sun
How does the food pyramid in food chain work
Producers go to consumers which go to secondary consumers which go to tertiary consumers
What is an herbivore
Something that eats only plants
What is an omnivore
Something that eats both plants and animals
What is a carnivore
Something that eats only animals
What process provides all of the energy for this food web
Photosynthesis
What would you expect to happen to the mice population if the number of Eagles increased
Mice with decreased because there are now more predators
Which species benefit the most if there were no mice
The grasshopper because my so the only animal that eats them
What is the definition of symbiosis
The relationship between different species living with one another
What is mutualism
A relationship for both species benefit for example humans and dogs
What is commensalism
One benefits and the other is not affected for example Remora
What is parasitism
One benefits the other is harmed for example mosquitoes
They live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed what does this mean
Our water all ends up in the Chesapeake bay
