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©PREP4EXAMS@2024/2025 REAL EXAM DUMPS Monday@ August 5@ 2024 6@07 PMBIO 220 Exam 1 Study Guide GCU with Complete Solutions
Environmental Science - ✔️✔️the systematic study of our environment and our
proper place in it
Interdisciplinary Enviromental Science - ✔️✔️Natural Sciences, Social Sciences,
Humanities
Scientific Method - ✔️✔️identify question, form hypothesis, collect date to test
hypothesis, interpret results, report for peer review, publish findings
ecological footprint - ✔️✔️the impact of a person or community on the environment,
expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
carbon footprint - ✔️✔️the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds
emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, etc.
Three Pillars of Sustainability - ✔️✔️environment, economy, society
abiotic factors - ✔️✔️Nonliving components of environment.
biotic factors - ✔️✔️All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
levels of organization for life - ✔️✔️1. life is organized
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2. a living organism can adapt to changes in the environment
3. it can regulate the metabolism and maintain homeostasis
4. it can grow
5. it is capable of reproducing
Species - ✔️✔️individuals that can breed with one another and produce fertile
offspring
Population - ✔️✔️all of the individuals of a species that live in the same area
geographic distribution - ✔️✔️the area inhabited by a population
Density - ✔️✔️the number of individuals of the same species that live in a given unit
of area
population growth 3 factors - ✔️✔️number of births, number of deaths, and
individuals that enter (immigration) or leave (emigration) a population
Community - ✔️✔️All the different populations that live together in an area
Ecosystem - ✔️✔️A community of organisms and their abiotic environment
carrying capacity - ✔️✔️Largest number of individuals of a population that a
environment can support
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