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AP Environmental Science: Unit 1 Review - Ecosystems
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Paratism
________- one species live on /in the other (host) is harmed (+,-)
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Commensalism
________- one species benefit while the other is unaffected (+, o)
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Marshland
________- found along the coast in temperate climates, contains non- woody merging vegetation.
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Estuaries
________- a coastal body of water, partly surrounded by land, with access to the open ocean and a large supply of fresh water from a river.
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Symbiosis
________- a long- term interaction between two species in an ecosystem.
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Shrubland
________- biome around California coast and the Mediterranean Sea, hot summers and mild, rainy winters, contains fire- tolerant shrubs.
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Mutualism
________- benefit both species (+, +)
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Main reservoir
________- oceans, ice caps, groundwater.
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Decomposition
________- releases CO2.
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Major reservoirs
________- rock and sediment.
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Marine Biomes
________- oceans, coral reefs, marshland, and estuaries.
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Competition
________- individuals from different species (interspecific) or same (intraspecific) struggle to obtain limited resources.
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Burial of organic life stores
________ carbon in sediment & fossil fuels.
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AP Environmental Science
________: Unit 1- Ecosystems.
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Main sinks
________- the atmosphere, living things, the ocean, sediment, & fossil fuels.
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Primary Productivity
________- rate at which sunlight is converted into organic compounds over a unit of time.
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Biome
________- contains characteristic communities of plants and animals that result from, and are adapted to, its climate.
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Streams rivers
________- A freshwater ecosystem in which the water flows in a current.
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Freshwater Biomes
________- streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes.
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Nitrogen Fixation
________- process in which atmospheric nitrogen (N2) is converted by bacteria into a form of nitrogen usable by plants.
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