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| unlimited, unplanned growth of urban areas that consumes open space and wastes resources. |
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| human ecological footprint |
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| the amount of productive land and water surface required to support all the needs of a person. |
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| elements that differ in atomic mass |
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| A country's Impact is not just from it's population, but also it's affluence and the technology it uses to provide the goods and services it consumes. |
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| the # of children born to an average woman in a populationduring her entire reproductive life |
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| species of organisms survive and breed based on genetic traits that give them an advantage |
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| protons and electrons are notshared evenly |
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| the # of deaths per thousand people in any given year |
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| the study of how organisms affect and interact with each other and their environment |
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| the number of births per year per thousand persons |
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| matter is neither created nor destroyed. it does not disappear, it changes form |
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| chemical potential energy |
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| energy that can be released to do useful work, stored in chemical bonds of molecules. ex) food, gasoline |
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births + immigration
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(carnivores) animals who eat the seconday consumers
ex) owl, hawk |
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(carnivores) animal who eats the primary consumer
ex) fox eat deer and cows |
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(herbivores) an organism that eats producers
ex) cows and deer eat plants |
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| the # of non working compared with working individuals in a population |
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weak bonds that are constantly broken (between water molecules) |
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| a species role and environment |
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| group of interacting species in a particular environment |
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| all areas of the environment where living organisms are found |
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| stored energy that is latent but available for use. ex) water behind the dam |
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| the smallest part of an element |
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| 2 or more atoms covalently bonded to each other |
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| 6H2O+6CO2+solar energy>>>>C6H12O6+6O2 |
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| 2nd law of thermodynamics |
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| with each energy transfer or transformation in a system, less energy is available to do work. (energy is lost as it is used) |
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| study between two groups that are identical except for the factor being studied |
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| organisms that can breed together and produce fertile offspring |
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| What are decomposers and what do they eat |
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| fungi and bacteria, they break down debris |
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| individuals that have a specific genetic makeup to survive and adapt. (survival of the fittest) |
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| species evolve from different origins but under similar environmentalconditions to have similar traits. (they start out different and end upbecoming more similar) |
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| separation of a species into new types. (they get different) |
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| eat dead carcasses of larger animals |
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| 1st law of thermodynamics |
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| energy is conserved; it is neither created nor destroyed under normal conditions. (the amount of energy does not change) |
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| the maximum reproductive rate of an organism, given unlimited resources and ideal environmental conditions |
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| something that limits the growth or existence of an organism. ex) food, oxygen |
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| humans are part of the biological environment, not separate. |
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| all forms of life on earth have equal values/ rights. Centered on nature rather than humans. |
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| anthropocentric philosophy |
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| human issues are central to the approach and outweigh the environmental benefits. |
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| green plants capture light energy and use it to produce chemical bonds. carbon dioxide and water are consumed while oxygen and simple sugars are produced. |
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| the circulation and reutilization of carbon atoms, especially via the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. |
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| what is natality? mortality? |
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| birth rates. death rates. |
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| the movement of phosphorous atoms from rocks through the biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks. |
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| the natural process by which water is purified and made fresh through evaporation and precipitation. this cycle provides all the freshwater available for bilogical life. |
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| the circulation and reutilization of nitrogen in both inorganic and organic phases. |
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many offspring,
prey type organisms |
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fewer offspring,
stable population,
predator type organisms |
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| close physical interaction between 2 individuals of different species. |
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| name the 3 types of symbiosis and what they mean |
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parasitism- living on or in another organism and causes harm.
commensalism- one organism may benefit, but no harm is caused.
mutualism- both species benefit from the relationship. |
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| the development of a new species. |
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