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Biomes
Explain The Relationship Between the
Carrying Capacity of a Population and
the Factors That Impact an Ecosystem
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Carrying Capacity graph
Quality of Air: Explain How a
Highly Populated Society Causes
Air Pollution
One result of air pollution is global warming.
Humans cause global warming by burning the fossil
fuels.
Levels of carbon dioxide are also increased by
deforestation and cement production.
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Air Pollution and
Environmental Degradation
Air pollution affects the following:
Global Warming is the increase in Earth’s average
surface temperature.
Ozone Depletion is the depletion of the layer that
exists in the atmosphere and absorbs ultraviolet
radiation from the sun.
Acid Precipitation is precipitation with a pH of less
than 5.0.
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Acid Rain
Air Pollution
includes
primary secondary
pollutant pollutants
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such as such as
volatile
smog
organic
compounds
which can be removed which can be trapped
from the air by a near Earth’s surface by a
temperature
scrubber inversion
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How Can Recycling Improve
Our Quality of Life?
Example:
Recycling paper = more trees = more CO2
absorbed = reduced green house gasses =
reduced global warming = less polar ice caps
melting = saving coastal land masses = more
habitats = more biodiversity = healthier
ecosystem = a healthier planet = improved
quality of life for all living things.
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FCAT Multiple Choice
Sample Questions
Great horned owls feed on snakes and mice among other
mammals. A great horned owl population is threatened
when a logging company decides to harvest its forest
habitat. After many years of continuous deforestation,
much of the owl population has fled in search of a new
forest for nesting. Which of the following scenarios in the
owl's previous habitat is most likely?
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Multiple Choice Sample Questions
A. primary succession.
B. secondary succession.
C. old–field succession.
D. forest succession.
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FCAT Short-Response Sample
Questions
The diagram below shows the relationship
between three types of animals in a food chain:
Worms are eaten by birds, which in turn are eaten
by snakes.
If all the birds in an area died due to a new
disease, what would the impact be to the local
populations of worms and snakes after one month?
After one year? Explain your answer.
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Multiple Choice Sample Questions
A. lichens
B. short grasses
C. shrubs
D. young trees
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