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Terms:
Habitat: a place where a species can live; the conditions required for
the survival a species.
Also know...
Section 1.1:
2. Air and Water Pollution (Example: Frogs have thin skin which they
breathe through. Pollutants such as acid rain can pass through their
thin skin. Also, acidic ran decreases mobility of a frog’s sperm cells
which makes it less likely the eggs will be fertilized.)
Section 1.8:
The wind velocity at ground level in the park will be higher than in the
meadow because the grass in the park is mowed, whereas the grass in
the meadow is not. This affects the wind velocity because the
higher grass in the meadow blocks the wind therefore reducing its
speed.
Section 1.10:
**Figure 1
Of all the incoming solar radiation from the sun…
Section 1.11:
· It is true of all food chains that the farther up the chain you
travel, there is less energy available. In every ecosystem, there
is less energy available to secondary consumers then there is to
primary consumers.
Pyramid of Energy
· Example: grass->grasshoppers/snails/slugs->shrews/moles->owls
Pyramid of Numbers
Pyramid of Biomass
· The dry mass of the dry tissue in the plants or animals is measured
and graphed
Agriculture
Industry
· With the invention of technological devices to perform work,
the demand on the energy of ecosystems grew (it was used to
power machines.)
Section 1.12
Roles in Ecosystems
- Moose
- Shrews
- American oyster
Positive…
Negative…
-clearer water lets more sunlight penetrate the surface, raising the
temperature and decreasing the level of oxygen in the water
-they contain toxic chemicals within their body, therefore when eaten
by predators, the toxins are released and may harm them