GEE FLASHCARD
Certainly! Here’s a streamlined version with key terms and definitions:
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### Flashcard 1:
Sustainability: Ability of ecosystems and human systems to adapt and thrive in changing environments.
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Environment: Surroundings or conditions in which an organism operates.
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Ecosystem: Community of living organisms and their habitat.
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Environmentalism: Movement advocating for the preservation and improvement of the environment.
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Solar Energy: Provides nutrients and is a component of sustainability.
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Biodiversity: Provides ecosystem services and adaptability.
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Nutrient Cycling/Biogeochemical Cycling: Process of turning waste into useful resources.
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Natural Capital: Resources and services essential for sustainability.
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Renewable Resources: Replenished by natural processes within their sustainable yields.
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Inexhaustible Resources: Perpetually available resources expected to last indefinitely.
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Non-Renewable Resources: Available in fixed quantities; renewed only through long-term geological processes.
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Pollution: Contamination of the environment.
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Point Pollution: Pollution from a single identifiable source.
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Non-Point Pollution: Pollution from dispersed sources difficult to identify.
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Ecological Footprint: Measure of human pressure on natural resources.
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Atmosphere: Composed of the troposphere and stratosphere.
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Hydrosphere: Water at or near the Earth’s surface.
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Geosphere: Composed of a hot core, rocky mantle, and outer crust.
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Biosphere: Regions where life exists within the other spheres.
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Ecology: Study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
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Producers (Autotrophs): Use photosynthesis to make nutrients.
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Consumers (Heterotrophs): Feed on other organisms or their remains.
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Food Chain: Sequence of organisms each feeding on the next.
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Food Web: Network of interconnected food chains.
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Pyramid of Energy Flow: Energy flow through various trophic levels.
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Atom: Smallest unit of a chemical element.
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Molecule: Chemical combination of two or more atoms.
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Cell: Fundamental structural and functional unit of life.
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Organism: An individual living being.
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Population: Group of individuals of the same species.
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Community: Populations of different species living in a particular place.
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Gross Primary Productivity (GPP): Rate at which producers convert energy into biomass.
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Net Primary Productivity (NPP): Rate at which producers convert energy into biomass minus energy used for respiration.
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Hydrologic Cycle: Connects, purifies, and distributes the Earth's water supply.
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Condensation: Process that creates precipitation in the atmosphere.
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Species Diversity: Number and variety of species in a community.
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Genetic Diversity: Variety of genes within a population or species.
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Biomes: Major habitats with distinct climates and species.
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Niche: Role and impact of a species in an ecosystem.
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Habitat: Geographic location where a species lives.
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Generalist Species: Can live in a wide range of environments.
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Specialist Species: Live in a few types of habitats; more prone to extinction.
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Native Species: Thrive in a specific ecosystem.
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Nonnative Species: Introduced into a new ecosystem, either accidentally or deliberately.
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Indicator Species: Sensitive to changes in an ecosystem.
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Keystone Species: Affect the type and abundance of other species in an ecosystem.
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Population Evolution: Changes in a population's genes over time.
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Theory of Evolution: Explains how life changes over time due to genetic changes.
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Genetic Resistance: Ability of organisms to tolerate chemicals designed to kill them.
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Survival of the Fittest: Those most reproductively successful leave the most descendants.
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Extinction: Occurs when a species ceases to exist.
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Background Extinction: Normal rate of extinction before human influence.
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Mass Extinction: Significant increase in extinction rates beyond the background level.
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Competition: Interaction where species vie for limited resources.
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Predation: Interaction where one species feeds directly on another.
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Parasitism: Interaction where one species feeds on another's body or energy.
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Mutualism: Interaction where both species benefit.
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Commensalism: Interaction where one species benefits and the other is unaffected.
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Ecological Succession: Gradual change in species composition in an area.
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Secondary Ecological Succession: Occurs in disturbed ecosystems that retain some soil or sediments.
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Inertia: Ability of an ecosystem to resist disturbances.
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Resilience: Ability of an ecosystem to recover from disturbances.
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Environmental Resistance: Factors that limit population growth.
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Carrying Capacity: Maximum population size that a habitat can sustain indefinitely.
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Fertility Rate: Average number of children born to women, key factor in population size.
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Age Structure: Distribution of people in different age categories.
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Urban Sprawl: Expansion of urban areas into rural land.
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Urban Areas: Grow by natural increase and migration.
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I hope this helps! If you need more flashcards or further adjustments, just let me know.