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Review for Quiz on Wednesday 9/23
Textbook pp Review for Quiz on Wednesday 9/23
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SHORT-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Environmental change that occurs quickly and affects organisms immediately May occur over one or few generations and are less likely to result in a permanent change in the traits found in a populations.
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Short Term Environmental Changes
Organisms MOVE or DIE (they do not become extinct!) Short term changes: Tides Seasons (differences in day and night) Floods Hurricanes Fire Drought Pesticides Earthquake Volcanic Eruption
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SEASONS, differences in day and night
Snails and birds know its time to lay eggs when days start getting longer. Warmer temperatures, rain and longer days helps plants begin growing in spring.
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TIDES
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FLOODS Soil already there so secondary succession to rebuild
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HURRICANES W hat kind of succession? Why?
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FIRE What kind of succession? Why?
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VOLCANIC ERUPTION What kind of succession?
No soil so Primary Succession with a Pioneer Species to break down rock into soil. Lichens
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DROUGHT What kind of succession? Why?
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PESTICIDES
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TSUNAMI
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LONG – TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and affects organisms over generations (populations). Populations undergo an adaptation or they risk extinction.
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Long Term Environmental Changes
Populations are affected and they either undergo an adaptation over many generations or become extinct. Long term changes: Movement of plates Nuclear meltdown Pollution Climate Change Extinction takes time. Organisms become threatened or endangered first.
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MOVEMENT OF PLATES
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Urbanization & Urban Sprawl
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VOLCANIC ERUPTION What kind of succession?
No soil so Primary Succession with a Pioneer Species to break down rock into soil. Lichens
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NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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Short Term Long Term Ex: Climate Change
. Long Term Ex: Climate Change Adapt or Extinction Adaptation results in genetic mutations – populations (and organisms) Short Term Ex: Flood, Toxic Spill, Fire, Mudslide No time to Adapt Move or Die – affects organisms Very often the consequences for environmental change are not as drastic as extinction. Populations may be reduced in number, but rather than die out, they become endangered or threatened.
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NATURAL SELECTION
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