Ecosystems and community/ Greenhouse Effect revision 1.

Annotate the diagram to show the carbon cycle and processes involved.

A D

Respiration

B E

2. Outline some of the methods used to measure or estimate atmospheric carbon dioxide. Recent history:

Geological history:

a. Suggest one human impact and one natural cause that could have led to the overall trend shown in the graph: Anthropogenic:

Natural:

3. Identify three greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide.

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4. Explain the greenhouse effect with the aid of a diagram. Include short-wave and long-wave radiation.

5. Explain how increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases lead to an enhanced greenhouse effect.

6. Outline the precautionary principle.

7. Give two other examples of the precautionary principle in effect in Biology or Medicine.

8. Define the following terms: Species

Ecosystems and community/ Greenhouse Effect revision Habitat Population Community Ecosystem Ecology Niche Biodiversity Trophic level 9. Complete the tree below with definitions and examples of each type of feeding strategy. Can you distinguish between the feeding strategies at each level?

10. Food chains represent the flow of energy and nutrients in a series of feeding relationships. Give one example of a marine food chain (min. 4 organisms) Give one example of a terrestrial food chain (min. 4 organisms)

Give one other example of a food chain (min. 4 organisms)

11. On a separate sheet, construct a freshwater food web based on the following information:

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a. For the food web created above: 1. Identify organisms in each of the trophic levels. Do any fit more than one trophic level?

2. Which could be classed as detritivores?

b. Why is it sometimes difficult to classify organisms into single trophic levels?

c. Why are the numbers of organisms usually smaller higher up the trophic levels?