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Study Notes for Chapter 1-2: Environmental Science
Chapter 1 Section 1: Everything Is Connected
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1. A ______________ is made up of several different populations living together.
community
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2. A ___________ is members of one species in an area.
population
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3. A scientific study of the egrets, herons, marsh crabs, and cordgrass, but not the water or rocks in a salt mars is a study of the _________ level of organization. community
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4. Mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment are the ___________ part of an environment. biotic
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5. Rocks, temperature, and water are the _________ part of the environment.
abiotic
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6. The _________ levels of organization in the environment are organism, ___________, community, ____________, and biosphere. five population ecosystem
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Chapter 1 Section 2: Living Things Need Energy
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Coyotes 7. _________ prey on prairie dogs. In order for the prairie dog population to survive, there needs to be _________ more prairie dogs than coyotes. many
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8. Grass is eaten by a prairie dog
8. Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. The prairie dog is eaten by a _________. This is an example of a food __________. coyote chain
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9. Grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of a ____________.
producer
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10. Herbivores, _________, and omnivores are all ____________.
carnivores 10. Herbivores, _________, and omnivores are all ____________. consumers
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11. Arrows point in just one direction in a ___________ web because they show how energy goes to the animal that is ___________. food eating
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12. Living things that make _________ from sunlight are called _________.
food producers
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13. One food web arrow goes from a prairie dog to a coyote, showing that the coyote _________ the prairie dog. eats
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14. Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight are called _____________.
producers
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15. ________ kill old, injured, and diseased elk.
Wolves 15. ________ kill old, injured, and diseased elk.
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Chapter 2 Section 2: Ecological Succession
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16. _________ from lichens break rock up in the __________ step of rock changing to soil.
Acids First
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17. After one species disappears, the other species in the ecosystem are thrown out of ___________.
balance
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18. __________ enables a community to withstand changes.
Biodiversity
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19. In _________ succession rock is slowly transformed into soil.
primary
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20. Lichens are a __________ species.
pioneer
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21. __________ succession begins in an area composed of bare rock.
Primary 21. __________ succession begins in an area composed of bare rock.
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22. _________ succession is when a forest grows back after a forest fire.
Secondary
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23. ___________ succession occurs in an area that has soil.
Secondary
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24. The oldest trees in a forest are a called __________ species.
Climax
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