Environmental Final Exam

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What is a producer?

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An organism that uses energy from the Sun during photosynthesis to create its own food.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A trophic level that eats secondary consumers.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life on Earth, including different species, ecosystems, and genetic variations.

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What is the birth rate in Stage 1 of demographic transition?

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High.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

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What is a predator?

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An organism that hunts and eats other organisms.

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What is a keystone species?

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A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil.