ENVS 1000U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Brussels Sprout, Ecological Pyramid, Secondary Succession

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Midterm review: is the study of organisms and their interactions with each other and with their. Age pyramids that show the age structure of a population. Example of a density dependent factor. Tropical rainforests is a terrestrial biome that has the most biodiversity. Example of artificial selection: it occurs after a fire or flood, broccoli and brussels sprouts developed from wild mustard plants, relationship between flowering plants and bees. Nitrogen and phosphorus promotes crop growth, these are chemical solutions to the soil. One of the limititions of mainstream economics is that it does not take into account external costs when a price is assigned to a product or service. What consumer organisms use when they eat plants is getting kinetic energy stored in organic mowcules produced by photosynthesis. Population distribution: spatial arrangement of individuals of a single species within a particular area. Decomposers put nutrients that are essential for plant growth returned to the soil.