ENST 2030 Basic Concepts Study Guide | Environmental Studies Review Questions & Answers

ENST./2030./Basic./Concepts./Study./Guide


Biome./-
./correct./answer./A./group./of./ecosystems./with./similar./climat
es./and./organisms


Desert./Biome./-
./correct./answer./a./biome./that./has./little./or./no./plant./life,./lo
ng./periods./without./rain,./and./extreme./temperatures;./usually.
/found./in./hot./climates


Grasslands./Biome./-./correct./answer./-
./Moderate./temp./and./precipitation;./enough./for./grass./but./no
t./trees
-./Prairies,./savannas./
-./Rich./farmland
-./Deep./roots,./adaptations./to./fire
-./Migratory./grazers./(bison,./wildebeest)


Factors./that./helped./Mt../Saint./Helens./forest./to./grow./back./i
nto./a./climate./forest./after./only./30./years./following./the./volc

, anic./eruption./of./1980./(a./disturbance)./-
./correct./answer./soil:./rich./deep./nutrient./filled./
fast./growing./trees./
roots./and./seeds./were./under./the./ash./
Gophers./brought./old./soil./to./the./surface


Disturbance./-
./correct./answer./a./drastic./disruption./of./an./ecosystem,./e.g../
by./volcaniceruption,./clear-cutting,./burning,./landslide


succession./-
./correct./answer./recovery./of./a./forest./after./a./disturbance./thr
ough./stages./ofinvasion:./e.g../soil./formation,./grass./and./small
./plants>shrubs>trees>mature./forest


how./disturbance./has./some./positive./effects./in./an./ecosystem.
/-
./correct./answer./Disturbance./of./the./vegetation./in./an./ecosys
tem./thereafterleads./to./either./recovery./of./that./system./e.g../t
hroughsuccession./or./movement./into./a./new./state