Envi Sci

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What are the 7 Environmental Principles

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Nature knows best, all forms of life are important, everything is connected to everything else, everything changes, everything must go somewhere, ours is a finite earth, nature is beautiful and we are stewards of god's creation

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It is a branch of science which is interdisciplinary.

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Environmental Science

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Balance between development and preservation

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Conservation

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3 primary theories in philosophical approaches to environmental ethics

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Anthropocentric, biocentrism, ecocentrism

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a living thing that has an organizedstructure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis.

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Organism

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group of interbreeding individulsof the same species, which is isolated from other groups.

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Population

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group or populations of two or more different species occupying the same are at the same time.

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Community

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community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in specific environment.

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Ecosystem

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made up of the parts of earth where life exists.

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Biosphere

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it is also defined as a group of land of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.

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Biomes

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• It is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Earth's oldest living ecosystem

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RAINFOREST

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Types of Rainforest that found in places with moderate temperature like the northwest coast old USA. This type of forest has huge trees.

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Temperate rainforest

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Types of Rainforest that found near equator and have lots of precipitation. The plants were diverse, and the climate is warm and humid all year along.

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TROPICAL RAINFOREST

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This biome has no vegetation.

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Desert

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Biome that is populated by grasses and nonwoody plants.

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Grassland

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Other term for grassland is ______ .

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PRAIRIE

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It is a grassland that consists of grasses and some small trees that are scattered.

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SAVANNA

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Has vegetation that consists of broad leaved trees that shed their leaves seasonally.

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Deciduous forest

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This biome is also known as taiga.

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BOREAL FOREST

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Most of the plants are coniferous and the temperature is freezing during winter but warm during rainy days.

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Boreal forest

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Consists of permafrost or permanently frozen land. Located near the northern and southern parts of the globe.

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TUNDRA

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What are the three components of lithosphere

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Soil, rocks, sediment

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What kind of feeding relationships is on the figure?

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Food chain

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What cycle is on the figure?

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Nutrient cycle

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This figure shows the feeding relationships of?

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Food web

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What cycle is on the figure?

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Water cycle

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What process of water is on the figure?

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Infiltration

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What process of water is on the figure?

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Transpiration

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The runoff produced by melting snow

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Snowmelt

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Condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth's surface. Most precipitation occurs as rain, but also includes snow, hail, fog drip, graupel, and sleet.

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Precipitation

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The flow of water from the ground surface into the ground. Once infiltrated, the water becomes soil moisture or groundwater.

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Infiltration

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The variety of ways by which water moves across the land.

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Runoff

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The flow of water underground, in the vadose zone and aquifers.

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Subsurface Flow

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The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the overlying atmosphere.

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Evaporation

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The state change directly from solid water (snow or ice) to water vapor

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Sublimation

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the transport of a substance or quantity by bulk motion of a fluid.

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Advection

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The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air, creating clouds and fog.

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Condensation

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The release of water vapor from plants and soil into the air. Water vapor is a gas that cannot be seen.

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Transpiration

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What are the 10 processes of the water cycle?

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Precipitation, snowmelt, condensation, evaporation, sublimation, advection, transpiration, run off, sub surface flow, infiltration

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What cycle is on the figure?

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Sedimentary - phosphorus cycle

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What cycle is on the figure?

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Sedimentary - phosphorus cycle

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The figure shows what cycle?

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Sedimentary - sulfur cycle

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The figure shows what cycle?

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Gaseous - Nitrogen cycle

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The figure shows what cycle?

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Gaseous - Nitrogen cycle

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The figure shows what cycle?

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Gaseous - oxygen cycle

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The cycle shows?

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Gaseous- Carbon dioxide cycle

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Define the population

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Uniform, Radom, Clumped

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What type of ecosystem that form when salt water from the ocean mixes with fresh water from the land.

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Estuary Ecosystem

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It is the branch of ecology that works to understand the patterns and processes of change over time or space for populations of a single species.

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Population ecology

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It is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

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ECOLOGY

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This deals with the relationships between an organism or population and environment.

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Autecology

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It focuses on the relationships between communities and their environment.

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SYNECOLOGY

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The basic unit of study in ecology is the _____.

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Ecosystem

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It is an any living thing, whether it is a human being, germ, a rose bush, or a panda bear.

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ORGANISM

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This defines the group of organisms of the same kind.

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Population

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the next largest level of organization.

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Community