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The study of nature and the facts about environment.
Environmental Science
2
All the social, economical, physical and chemical factors that surrounds man.
Environment
3
All abiotic and biotic components around man; all living and non-living things surrounds man.
Environment
4
A threat to life, health, property, or ecosystems, i.e., it involves something that could potentially be harmful.
Hazard
5
Combustion of Fossil fuels, industrial effluence, pesticides heavy metals.
Chemical Hazards
6
Radioactive and UV radiations, Global warming, Chlorofluro carbons, Noise etc.
Physical Hazards
7
Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites
Biological Hazards
8
A natural functional ecological unit comprising of living organisms and their non-living environment that interact to form a stable self-supporting system.
Ecosystem
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A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each in a specific environment.
Ecosystem
10
Include the living beings of the ecosystem.
Biotic
11
Include the non-living physical beings.
Abiotic
12
Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical environment.
Ecology
13
Study of the distribution and abundance of organisms, the flows of energy and materials between abiotic and biotic components of ecosystem.
Ecology
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How the organisms respond to the atmosphere, topography, soil, and climate and water availability.
Ecology
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Make food, plants, algae.
Producer
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Eat other organisms.
Consumer
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Eat dead organic matter; bacteria and fungi.
Decomposer
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Eats plants.
Herbivores
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Meat eaters: eat herbivores.
Carnivores
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Feed on carnivores.
Tertiary
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Eat plants/animals.
Omnivores
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The first step in the production of energy for living things.
Primary Production
23
Chemical reaction where green plants use water and carbon dioxide to store the sun’s energy in glucose.
Photosynthesis
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Is stored in glucose.
Energy
25
Is stored as starch in plants.
Glucose
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The transfer of energy and nutrients through a series of organisms with repeated process of eating and being eaten.
Food Chain
27
Plants by photosynthesis convert solar energy into __.
Protoplasm
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Interlocking pattern of several interlinked food chains.
Food Web
29
An ecosystem linking of feeding habit relations.
Food Web
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A graphical representation that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a food chain or a food web.
Ecological Pyramid
31
Shows the relationship between consumers and producers at different tropic levels in an ecosystem.
Ecological Pyramid
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Shows the relative number of individual organisms at each tropic level.
Pyramid of Numbers
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Represents the total dry mass (in grams per square meter of area) of all the organisms in each tropic level at a particular time.
Pyramid of Biomass
34
Represents rate of energy flow and/or productivity at successive tropic levels. They are always UPRIGHT.
Pyramid of Energy
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Is crucial for all organisms o Nucleic acids o Proteins o Chlorophyll.
Nitrogen
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78% in Atmosphere.
Nitrogen
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Is very stable and must be broken apart by organisms, combined with other atoms into a usable form.
Nitrogen
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Conversion of N2 to NH3.
Nitrogen Fixation
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Combustion, volcanic action, Lightning, Industrial processes (making fertilizer).
Bacteria (Azotobactor, Clostridium, Nostoc etc.)
Nitrogen Fixation
40
Conversion of NH3 to NO3.
Nitrification
41
Soil bacteria convert in a two step process.
Nitrification
42
Roots absorb NH3, NH4, or NO3 and incorporate them into nucleic acids and protein.
Assimilation
43
Amino acids and nucleotides are broken down into waste products NH3 or NH4.
Ammonification
44
The reduction of NO3 to N2. --ing bacteria return some of the nitrogen to the atmosphere.
Denitrification
45
The circulation of oxygen in various forms through nature free in the air and dissolved in water.
Oxygen Cycle
46
Is second only to nitrogen in abundance among uncombined elements in the atmosphere.
Oxygen
47
Photosynthesis removes __ from the abiotic environment (fixes it into organic molecules).
Carbon
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It moves through food chain through consumption of one organisms by another.
Carbon
49
The only cycle that does not have a gaseous state.
Phosphorous Cycle
50
Is released from rocks and sediments through the action of erosion.
Inorganic Phosphate PO34
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Is absorbed by plants and incorporated into nucleic acids, phospholipids and ATP.
Soil PO34
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Is released to the soil again by decomposers.
Phosphorous
53
A change in the community in which new populations of organisms gradually replace existing ones.
Ecological Succession
54
Occurs where there is no soil, e.g. after a volcanic eruption or a glacial retreat.
Primary Succession
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Community development in the areas that were previously occupied by another community.
Secondary Succession
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It occurs after a disturbance. E.g., loss of trees after disease, fire or wind, deforestation etc.
Secondary Succession
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Is an area with a high density of trees.
Forest
58
World's total land area is __ million hectares - (Source: FAO; 1989) of which total forests account for about __% of the world's land area.
13,076, 31
59
Are of great concern from the environmental point of view.
Forest Ecosystems
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These are Herbivores which feed directly on producers.
Primary Consumers
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These are carnivores and feed on primary consumers.
Secondary Consumers
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These are secondary carnivores and feed on secondary consumers.
Tertiary Consumers
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These include wide variety of saprotrophic micro-organism.
Decomposers
64
These include basic inorganic & organic compounds present in the soil & atmosphere.
Abiotic Components
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Are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants.
Grasslands
66
Occupy about 24% of the earth's surface.
Grasslands
67
Occur in regions too dry for forests and too moist for deserts.
Grasslands
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The highest abundance & greatest diversity of large mammals are found in these ecosystems.
Grasslands
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A landscape or region that receives almost no precipitation.
Desert
70
Areas with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimeters per year.
Deserts
71
It occupies about 17% of the earth's surface.
Desert
72
Are characterized by hot days & cold nights.
Deserts
73
Are characterized by scanty flora & fauna.
Deserts
74
Soils of this ecosystem often have abundant nutrients but little or no organic matter.
Desert
75
Deals with biotic community present in water bodies.
Aquatic Ecosystem
76
Freshwater ecosystems cover __% of the Earth's surface and contain __% of its total water.
0.8, 0.009
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Freshwater ecosystems contain __% of the world's known fish species.
41
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Slow-moving water, including Pools, Ponds, and Lakes.
Lentic
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Rapidly-moving water, for example Streams and Rivers.
Lotic
80
Areas where the soil is saturated with water or inundated for at least part of the time.
Wetlands
81
A place where living organisms not only live but interact with biotic & abiotic components.
Pond
82
Are often exposed to tremendous anthropogenic pressure which significantly affects the system.
Ponds
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Are usually big standing freshwater bodies.
Lakes
84
A shallow water zone.
Littoral Zone
85
An open water zone where effective penetration of solar light takes place.
Limnetic Zone
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A deep water zone where light penetration is negligible.
Profoundal Zone
87
Are among the Earth's aquatic ecosystems.
They include: Oceans, Estuaries and Lagoons, Mangroves and Coral reefs, the Deep sea and the Sea floor.
Marine Ecosystems
88
These are the gigantic reservoirs of water covering approximately __% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers).
Marine Ecosystems, 71
89
These ecosystems are different from freshwater ecosystem mainly because of its salty water.
Marine
90
Is the variety and differences among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part.
Biodiversity
91
It is a level of biodiversity that refers to the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.
Genetic Diversity
92
It refers to the variety of species within a region.
Species Diversity
93
Is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance.
Species Diversity
94
Many plants are used in primary health care.
Drugs
95
__% of modern medicines are derived from plant and plant extracts.
70
96
Fungus is the source.
Penicillin, Antibiotic
97
Chincona bark.
Quinine, Malaria Treatment
98
Poppy bark.
Morphine, Analgesic
99
Fire woods are directly consumed by villagers.
Fuels
100
A large number of wild plants and wild animals are consumed by human beings as food.
Food
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1
The study of nature and the facts about environment.
Environmental Science
2
All the social, economical, physical and chemical factors that surrounds man.
Environment
3
All abiotic and biotic components around man; all living and non-living things surrounds man.
Environment
4
A threat to life, health, property, or ecosystems, i.e., it involves something that could potentially be harmful.
Hazard
5
Combustion of Fossil fuels, industrial effluence, pesticides heavy metals.
Chemical Hazards
6
Radioactive and UV radiations, Global warming, Chlorofluro carbons, Noise etc.
Physical Hazards
7
Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites
Biological Hazards
8
A natural functional ecological unit comprising of living organisms and their non-living environment that interact to form a stable self-supporting system.
Ecosystem
9
A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each in a specific environment.
Ecosystem
10
Include the living beings of the ecosystem.
Biotic
11
Include the non-living physical beings.
Abiotic
12
Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical environment.
Ecology
13
Study of the distribution and abundance of organisms, the flows of energy and materials between abiotic and biotic components of ecosystem.
Ecology
14
How the organisms respond to the atmosphere, topography, soil, and climate and water availability.
Ecology
15
Make food, plants, algae.
Producer
16
Eat other organisms.
Consumer
17
Eat dead organic matter; bacteria and fungi.
Decomposer
18
Eats plants.
Herbivores
19
Meat eaters: eat herbivores.
Carnivores
20
Feed on carnivores.
Tertiary
21
Eat plants/animals.
Omnivores
22
The first step in the production of energy for living things.
Primary Production
23
Chemical reaction where green plants use water and carbon dioxide to store the sun’s energy in glucose.
Photosynthesis
24
Is stored in glucose.
Energy
25
Is stored as starch in plants.
Glucose
26
The transfer of energy and nutrients through a series of organisms with repeated process of eating and being eaten.
Food Chain
27
Plants by photosynthesis convert solar energy into __.
Protoplasm
28
Interlocking pattern of several interlinked food chains.
Food Web
29
An ecosystem linking of feeding habit relations.
Food Web
30
A graphical representation that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a food chain or a food web.
Ecological Pyramid
31
Shows the relationship between consumers and producers at different tropic levels in an ecosystem.
Ecological Pyramid
32
Shows the relative number of individual organisms at each tropic level.
Pyramid of Numbers
33
Represents the total dry mass (in grams per square meter of area) of all the organisms in each tropic level at a particular time.
Pyramid of Biomass
34
Represents rate of energy flow and/or productivity at successive tropic levels. They are always UPRIGHT.
Pyramid of Energy
35
Is crucial for all organisms o Nucleic acids o Proteins o Chlorophyll.
Nitrogen
36
78% in Atmosphere.
Nitrogen
37
Is very stable and must be broken apart by organisms, combined with other atoms into a usable form.
Nitrogen
38
Conversion of N2 to NH3.
Nitrogen Fixation
39
Combustion, volcanic action, Lightning, Industrial processes (making fertilizer).
Bacteria (Azotobactor, Clostridium, Nostoc etc.)
Nitrogen Fixation
40
Conversion of NH3 to NO3.
Nitrification
41
Soil bacteria convert in a two step process.
Nitrification
42
Roots absorb NH3, NH4, or NO3 and incorporate them into nucleic acids and protein.
Assimilation
43
Amino acids and nucleotides are broken down into waste products NH3 or NH4.
Ammonification
44
The reduction of NO3 to N2. --ing bacteria return some of the nitrogen to the atmosphere.
Denitrification
45
The circulation of oxygen in various forms through nature free in the air and dissolved in water.
Oxygen Cycle
46
Is second only to nitrogen in abundance among uncombined elements in the atmosphere.
Oxygen
47
Photosynthesis removes __ from the abiotic environment (fixes it into organic molecules).
Carbon
48
It moves through food chain through consumption of one organisms by another.
Carbon
49
The only cycle that does not have a gaseous state.
Phosphorous Cycle
50
Is released from rocks and sediments through the action of erosion.
Inorganic Phosphate PO34
51
Is absorbed by plants and incorporated into nucleic acids, phospholipids and ATP.
Soil PO34
52
Is released to the soil again by decomposers.
Phosphorous
53
A change in the community in which new populations of organisms gradually replace existing ones.
Ecological Succession
54
Occurs where there is no soil, e.g. after a volcanic eruption or a glacial retreat.
Primary Succession
55
Community development in the areas that were previously occupied by another community.
Secondary Succession
56
It occurs after a disturbance. E.g., loss of trees after disease, fire or wind, deforestation etc.
Secondary Succession
57
Is an area with a high density of trees.
Forest
58
World's total land area is __ million hectares - (Source: FAO; 1989) of which total forests account for about __% of the world's land area.
13,076, 31
59
Are of great concern from the environmental point of view.
Forest Ecosystems
60
These are Herbivores which feed directly on producers.
Primary Consumers
61
These are carnivores and feed on primary consumers.
Secondary Consumers
62
These are secondary carnivores and feed on secondary consumers.
Tertiary Consumers
63
These include wide variety of saprotrophic micro-organism.
Decomposers
64
These include basic inorganic & organic compounds present in the soil & atmosphere.
Abiotic Components
65
Are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants.
Grasslands
66
Occupy about 24% of the earth's surface.
Grasslands
67
Occur in regions too dry for forests and too moist for deserts.
Grasslands
68
The highest abundance & greatest diversity of large mammals are found in these ecosystems.
Grasslands
69
A landscape or region that receives almost no precipitation.
Desert
70
Areas with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimeters per year.
Deserts
71
It occupies about 17% of the earth's surface.
Desert
72
Are characterized by hot days & cold nights.
Deserts
73
Are characterized by scanty flora & fauna.
Deserts
74
Soils of this ecosystem often have abundant nutrients but little or no organic matter.
Desert
75
Deals with biotic community present in water bodies.
Aquatic Ecosystem
76
Freshwater ecosystems cover __% of the Earth's surface and contain __% of its total water.
0.8, 0.009
77
Freshwater ecosystems contain __% of the world's known fish species.
41
78
Slow-moving water, including Pools, Ponds, and Lakes.
Lentic
79
Rapidly-moving water, for example Streams and Rivers.
Lotic
80
Areas where the soil is saturated with water or inundated for at least part of the time.
Wetlands
81
A place where living organisms not only live but interact with biotic & abiotic components.
Pond
82
Are often exposed to tremendous anthropogenic pressure which significantly affects the system.
Ponds
83
Are usually big standing freshwater bodies.
Lakes
84
A shallow water zone.
Littoral Zone
85
An open water zone where effective penetration of solar light takes place.
Limnetic Zone
86
A deep water zone where light penetration is negligible.
Profoundal Zone
87
Are among the Earth's aquatic ecosystems.
They include: Oceans, Estuaries and Lagoons, Mangroves and Coral reefs, the Deep sea and the Sea floor.
Marine Ecosystems
88
These are the gigantic reservoirs of water covering approximately __% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers).
Marine Ecosystems, 71
89
These ecosystems are different from freshwater ecosystem mainly because of its salty water.
Marine
90
Is the variety and differences among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part.
Biodiversity
91
It is a level of biodiversity that refers to the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.
Genetic Diversity
92
It refers to the variety of species within a region.
Species Diversity
93
Is an index that incorporates the number of species in an area and also their relative abundance.
Species Diversity
94
Many plants are used in primary health care.
Drugs
95
__% of modern medicines are derived from plant and plant extracts.
70
96
Fungus is the source.
Penicillin, Antibiotic
97
Chincona bark.
Quinine, Malaria Treatment
98
Poppy bark.
Morphine, Analgesic
99
Fire woods are directly consumed by villagers.
Fuels
100
A large number of wild plants and wild animals are consumed by human beings as food.
Food