Midterm #1

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Professor John Isom's ENSP Midterm #1
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Ecosystem An assemblage of interacting organisms and their physical environment. ex. plants, animals
Biomes Planet-scale terrestrial and aquatic regions with similar climate conditions- mainly temperature and moisture. ex. Tundra
Ecosphere The zone where life is found ex. Earth
Lithosphere/geosphere The rigid outer part of the Earth ex. crust, mantle, volcanoes, soils, plate tectonics
Cryosphere The frozen water part of Earth's system. Stores fresh water, has large sheets of ice and the regulation of the flux of regional temperatures. ex. Beaufort Sea
Biosphere The regions of the surface, atmosphere and hydrosphere, the Earth occupied by living organisms. ex. deer, humans, wolves, any species.
Atmosphere Contribution of gases used to regulate Earth's temperature, carbon cycle, water cycle. ex. oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane
Hydrosphere All the waters on the Earth's surface. ex. lakes, seas, rivers, fresh water, salt water
Biotic Living things or their materials that directly or indirectly affect an organism in its environment. ex. disease, parasitism, predation
Abiotic Non-living physical and chemical factors which affect the ability of organisms to survive and reproduce. ex. temperature range>penguins, water availability, level of pollution
Habitat Place or type of place where an organisms or population of organisms live ex. squirrel in a tree trunk
System Collections of components/parts that are related to each other. ex. BLANK
Components of Systems BLANK>Professor Isom
Environmental Context BLANK>Professor Isom
Spatially Defined Area BLANK>Professor Isom
Gradients of Environmental Conditions A range of organisms both capable and non-capable of living within any set of environmental conditions: from optimal or marginal conditions. Ex. Hot to cold = gradient, Wet to dry = gradient
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