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| measures the different communities and habitats in an area |
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| Measures number or variety of species |
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| measures variations in genes among individual species |
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| practice of placing related organisms in hierarchical groups |
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Contains fewer organisms that are more closely related
Do - Domain
Kings - Kingdom
Play - Phylum
Cards - Class
On - Order
Fat - Family
Green - Genus
Stools - Species |
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| when all members of a species die - we have had five mass extinctions |
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| species that invade other communities - humans are the worst |
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| species diversity increases toward lower latitudes (near the equator) due to climate |
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| measures biodiversity in marine, terrestrial, and freshwater environments - index fell 28% b/w 1970 and 2005 |
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| Causes of decrease in biodiversity |
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| - habitat loss (greatest) - habitat fragmentation (land broken-up) roads etc.; praries have suffered the most loss (70%) - overharvesting - commercial grain overhunting/fishing - introduction of invasive species - global warming |
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| leads to habitat loss and fragmentation; developing nations show an increase; developed nations show a decrease |
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| pushes for communities to have resources on a walkable scale |
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| transit-oriented development |
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| energy efficient, alternative to cars; the US is lagging behind in production of trains and buses |
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| long, wide corridors of parklands in urban areas - chicago is a leader in this |
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| light pollution; airborne pollutants (cars); noise pollution; decrease in wildlife; water pollution; pavement absorbs light and emmits it at night |
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| US Green Building Council |
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| promotes buildings with low ecological footprints |
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| organization that certifies buildings as "green" |
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| Renewable electricity; irrigation; flood control; recreation |
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| habitat alteration; thermal pollution; block migrating fish; risk of catastrophes; slow down water so it gets warmer; China's gorges have submerged archeological sites |
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| created LAke Mead, which is the largest man - made resovoir in the US; Drought made Mead @ 41% capacity, which alters cost vs. benefit balance |
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| diverts water from Colorado River to irrigate crops; world's largest canal |
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| 2.5% of all water on earth - 1% of this is in lakes/ponds; 20% of this is groundwater |
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Littoral, Limnetic, Profundal, Benthic
(Lizards Like Polkadot Bathingsuits) |
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| top zone of pond/lake - shallow, plants |
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| Second zone of lakes/ponds - open water; sun; phytoplankton |
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| third zone of lakes/ponds - deep water; no sun |
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| bottom zone of lakes/ponds; rich in nutrients but low in oxygen |
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| categorized by vegetation; shallow freshwater pools; marshes, swamps, bogs, vernal |
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| 20% freshwater - aquifers pumps and wells |
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| lie above impermeable clay |
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| Confined aquifers (artesian) |
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| trapped between impermeable layers |
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chemical - nutrients, ph, taste
physical - color, temperature, turbidity
biological - fecal baceria, disese, algae
living - macroinvertebrate; biotic index |
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| saltwater turned into freshwater |
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| desalination - evaporates saltwater and condenses water vapor |
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| desalination - forces water through membranes to filter out salts |
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| low-flow faucets; rain barrels; reuse waste water from showers or sinks; native landscaping (xeriscoping) |
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| Which activity can contribute to soil erosion? |
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| excessive tilling, overgrazing rangelands, clearing forests, |
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| Which farming method involves planting different crops from one season to the next? |
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| Which soil erosion has the topsoil? |
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| Most plants are adapted to which type of soil? |
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| Bt is a ______ derived from a ______. |
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| The idea that new actions should not be taken until all ramifications of that action are understood is called _____ principle. |
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| Which animal product is the most resource intensive to produce? |
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| Raising animals in feedlots has what environmental impacts? |
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| pathogens have evolved drug resistance; release greenhouse gases; cause etrophication; reduce overgrazing |
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| The different communities and habitats in an area make up its______ |
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| The greatest cause for the recent decline in biodiversity is ... |
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| In North America, overhunting has led to the extinction of the _______ pigeon. |
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| The LEED program seeks to certify... |
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| The Colorado River drains into... |
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| Groundwater is contained in porous formations of rock, sand, or gravel is called... |
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| One cause for thermal pollution of a river is... |
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| Most of the water on Earth is in _________. |
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| The _________ zone is the open water across the surface of a pond where sunlight allows phytoplankton to drift. |
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| Seasonal wetlands that serve as breeding grounds for amphibians are called _________. |
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