NTP Exam 4 Learning Outcomes
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Ecology - ✔✔Study of interaction between living things and their
environment
Biome - ✔✔ecological community of plants, animals, and other organisms
that is adapted to a characteristics set of environmental conditions
Estuary - ✔✔Biomes where a source of fresh water, such as a river, meets
the ocean
Phenology - ✔✔The study of the effects of climate conditions on the timing
of periodic lifecycle events, such as flowering in plants or migration in birds
Keystone species - ✔✔Species that is instrumental in maintaining diversity
in an ecosystem
removing a keystone species from an ecological community may cause a
collapse in diversity
Distinguish between climate and weather. - ✔✔-Climate refers to the long-
term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area.
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, -weather refers to the conditions of the atmosphere during a short period of
time.
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth's climate. Why they have been
increasing over the past century. - ✔✔Help regulate earths temperature,
but too many of them cause the planet to heat up, leading is significant
changes in climate
Human activities have cause an increase in gases, which is why we're
seeing more extreme weather and
environmental changes
Interspecific interactions. - ✔✔The relationship between different species
How climate change is influencing interspecific interactions. - ✔✔Disrupting
the timing, location, and strength of interactions between different species
can lead to competition, change in food availability, new predator-pray
relationships, all affect the survival and behavior of species in ecosystems
Trophic levels of zooxanthellae, coral, and starfish . - ✔✔Zooxanthellae: 1st
level (primary consumers) they make their own food using sunlight
Corals: 2nd level (primary consumers) feed on plankton but also get food
from zooxanthellae through mutualism
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Ecology - ✔✔Study of interaction between living things and their
environment
Biome - ✔✔ecological community of plants, animals, and other organisms
that is adapted to a characteristics set of environmental conditions
Estuary - ✔✔Biomes where a source of fresh water, such as a river, meets
the ocean
Phenology - ✔✔The study of the effects of climate conditions on the timing
of periodic lifecycle events, such as flowering in plants or migration in birds
Keystone species - ✔✔Species that is instrumental in maintaining diversity
in an ecosystem
removing a keystone species from an ecological community may cause a
collapse in diversity
Distinguish between climate and weather. - ✔✔-Climate refers to the long-
term, predictable atmospheric conditions of a specific area.
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, -weather refers to the conditions of the atmosphere during a short period of
time.
Effects of greenhouse gases on Earth's climate. Why they have been
increasing over the past century. - ✔✔Help regulate earths temperature,
but too many of them cause the planet to heat up, leading is significant
changes in climate
Human activities have cause an increase in gases, which is why we're
seeing more extreme weather and
environmental changes
Interspecific interactions. - ✔✔The relationship between different species
How climate change is influencing interspecific interactions. - ✔✔Disrupting
the timing, location, and strength of interactions between different species
can lead to competition, change in food availability, new predator-pray
relationships, all affect the survival and behavior of species in ecosystems
Trophic levels of zooxanthellae, coral, and starfish . - ✔✔Zooxanthellae: 1st
level (primary consumers) they make their own food using sunlight
Corals: 2nd level (primary consumers) feed on plankton but also get food
from zooxanthellae through mutualism
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
