Environmental Science U0-U1

What are ecosystems?

• Systems made of eco-friendly materials.
• Large areas on our planet that contain both living and non-living material.
• Economic pathways for funding environmental research

Put the levels in order from macro to micro.

• Biome Ecosystem Community Population Individual Niche
• Community Biome Ecosystem Niche Population Individual
• Niche Individual Population Community Ecosystem Biome

What is a keystone species?

What two things determine the type of terrestrial biome?

• type of soil
• average annual temperature
• average precipitation
• type of plants

What three things determine the type of aquatic biome?

• depth
• water flow
• salinity
• shape

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem?

Temperature, food sources, and resources help determine the role and living area or ________ for an individual species.

• niche
• production
• consumption
• diversity

Between a koala and a racoon, which is a niche generalist and which is a niche specialist? Why?

What is the change that can happen at the transition/boundary between two ecosystems when humans build roads called?

• outer rim
• perimeter
• edge effect
• Coriolis effect

Environmental science studies the interactions between the...

• natural systems and human systems
• economic systems and ecosystems
• open systems and closed systems