Eco Mastery Qs

• How much earth it takes to give you resources • How much earth it takes to absorb your waste

Use renewable resources slower than they can replace themselves

Temperature Light Water and food pH

Mountain Pine tree: Waxy Coating (Waxy coating on pine needles prevents moisture loss in dry air) Mountain Goat: Strong Muscles (help the climb and dig through snow) Urban Forest (Densely wooded area) Vines: Twinging Stems (Help it wrap their stems around other organisms to get more sunlight) Barn Owl: Silent flight (Soft body feathers that muffle sound which allows them to surprise their prey)

1- While the snake is watching the frog-the frog is using energy to hop away (energy that the snake will not be able to use) 2- Not al frogs get eaten by the snake 3-When the snake does catch that frog, it will not be able to fully digest it (and use all the energy)

o - Lithosphere to Atmosphere ( carbon is released through decomposition of dead organic matter in the soil and through the metabolic processes of soil microbes o -Atmosphere to Hydrosphere (Carbon is absorbed by the ocean and other bodies of water) o -Hydrosphere to Biosphere (Carbon is absorbed by marine plants during photosynthesis

A large body of water surrounded by land Turtle: Shell (protects them from predators) Lily Pads: Floating Leaves (Maximize sunlight for photosynthesis)

Torpedo shape Helps them move against current Strong roots Plants have strong roots to keep them in place and bending stems

Limited resources

Advantage Make more food (bigger fruit from a tree) Can make them resistant to drought and disease Disadvantage Companies own GMOs which can leave to legal issues Genetically identical, if one of them gets sick then they all get sick

Sun’s energy hits earth’s atmosphere and some of it is converted to heat. The heat tries to leave the atmosphere but the greenhouse gases trap it

melting ice cause sea levels to rise Changing climate Change in distribution of food and water

Lost of habitat Trees aren’t there to absorb water so there is more Flooding which causes more Erosion Without trees, less photosynthesis, more co2 is left in the air

B/c the waste of one organism is a resource for another

Increase energy efficiency Clean up emissions from fossil fuels Use alternative energy sources when applicable

We can use more energy efficient appliances which give you the same amount of work for less energy Energy efficient light bulbs Get same amount of light for less energy Insulation Have the same temperature stay for longer for the same amount of energy Carpooling Move more people for the same amount of energy