AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ALL UNITS QUESTIONS |ACCURATE ANSWERS
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Ecology - ACCURATE ANSWERS The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment.
Biosphere - ACCURATE ANSWERS Parts of the earth's air, water, and soil where life is found.
Ecosystem - ACCURATE ANSWERS A community of different species interacting with one another and ...
AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ALL
UNITS QUESTIONS |ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Ecology - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The study of how living things
interact with each other and their environment.
Biosphere - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Parts of the earth's air, water,
and soil where life is found.
Ecosystem - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A community of different
species interacting with one another and with their nonliving
environment of matter and energy.
Community - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The population of different
species living in a particular place, and potentially interacting with each
other.
Population - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A group of individuals of the
same species living in a particular place.
Organism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ An individual, living thing.
What are the three types of symbiotic relationship? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Mutualism.
,Commensalism.
Parasitism.
Mutualism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A relationship between two
species in which both species benefit.
Commensalism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A relationship between
two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is
unaffected.
Parasitism - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A relationship between two
organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is
harmed.
Niche - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ An organism's particular role in an
ecosystem, or how it makes its living.
(Ex. Preferred habitat, position in the food web, mating, and eating
behaviors).
Resource Partitioning - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ When species
avoid competition by dividing the use of resources.
Terrestrial Biomes - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Tropical forest.
Savanna.
Desert.
Tropical Rainforest - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Biggest land
biodiversity.
Occurs near the equator.
Plenty of light at the canopy.
Little light on the forest floor.
Plants: mosses, vines, bromeliads, orchids, etc.
Animals: monkeys, birds, snakes, amphibians, etc.
Polar Ice - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A terrestrial biome that
includes regions of extremely cold temperature and low precipitation.
Half the year= 24 hours light.
Half the year= 24 hours dark.
Little to no rainfall.
Below freezing temperatures year-round.
Plants: no plant life.
Animals: penguins and polar bears.
, Savanna - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Warm climate with alternating
wet and dry seasons.
Grassland.
Plants: Scattered trees.
Animals: zebras, kangaroos, lions, cheetahs, and hyenas.
Desert - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ An extremely dry area.
Alternates between hot days and cold nights.
Little to no rainfall.
Animals and plants have evolved to need little water or to store water.
Plants: Scattered shrubs and cacti.
Animals: Camels, lizards, and snakes.
Coniferous Forest - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Cone-bearing
evergreen trees.
Also known as the Taiga.
Long cold winters with heavy rainfalls.
Plants: Pines, spruce, fir trees.
Animals: Moose, elk, hares, wolves, and bears.
Temperate Deciduous Forest - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Trees drop
their leaves annually.
Cold winters, hot summers.
Tree leaves change color during the autumn months.
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