FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APES UNIT 2

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FREE SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APES UNIT 2

VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: ecological succession

Answer:

the process by which the structure of a biological community evolves over time. Two different types of succession primary and secondary

Question 2: Random

Answer:

by chance, not planned or prearranged; irregular

Question 3: Ecological Tolerance

Answer:

The range of conditions in which a species can survive.

Question 4: Biomass

Answer:

A measure of the total amount of organisms within a particular region

Question 5: specialist species

Answer:

Species with a narrow ecological niche. They may be able to live in only one type of habitat, tolerate only a narrow range of climatic and other environmental conditions, or use only one type or a few types of food.

Question 6: Biodiversity

Answer:

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Question 7: Colonize

Answer:

The arrival of individuals to areas of suitable habitat that are currently uninhabited

Question 8: Flow Rate

Answer:

The quality, quantity, and timing of water flows required to maintain the components, functions, processes, and resilience of aquatic ecosystems which provide goods and services to people.

Question 9: Bottleneck effect

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Occurs when a populations size is greatly reduced due to environmental events such as floods, earthquakes, or fires.

Question 10: species richness

Answer:

the number of different species in a defined region.

Question 11: Ecosystem Services

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Important environmental benefits, such as clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and fertile soil in which to grow crops, that ecosystems provide to people.

Question 12: Genetic Diversity

Answer:

the range of different inherited traits within a species

Question 13: primary succession

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An ecological succession that begins in an area where no biotic community previously existed

Question 14: invasive species

Answer:

A species that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm.

Question 15: supporting ecosystem services

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Ecosystem services that are necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services.

• biomass
• production,
• production of atmospheric oxygen
• soil formation and retention
• nutrient cycling
• water cycling
• provisioning of habitat.

Question 16: Cultural Ecosystem Service

Answer:

The non-material benefits that people obtain from ecosystems through recreation, tourism, intellectual development, spiritual enrichment, reflection and creative and aesthetic experiences.

Question 17: Salinity

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A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid

Question 18: Episodic

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An unpredictable, episodic event, due to an external agent, which disrupts the state of the ecosystem causing abrupt mortality, and, hence, subtraction of biomass

Question 19: Migration

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seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

Question 20: Adaptation

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A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce.

Question 21: provisioning ecosystem services

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provisioning ecosystem services

Question 22: generalist species

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Species with a broad ecological niche. They can live in many different places, eat a variety of foods, and tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions.

Question 23: regulating ecosystem services

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The benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena.

• pollination
• decomposition
• water purification
• erosion
• flood control
• climate regulation.

Question 24: Anthropogenic

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Human-induced changes on the natural environment, either indirectly or directly.

Question 25: Natural disruption

Answer:

Events in nature that occur naturally -volcanic eruptions -forest fires -landslides and earthquakes