Chapter 6. Chapter 6: Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling
What factors must be considered in order to create or restore an ecosystem?
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Guiding Question 6.5
What factors must be considered in order to create or restore an ecosystem?
Why You Should Care
Ecosystems that are healthy provide priceless services for humans: clean water, fresh air, and pollinated crops to name a few. Laws are in effect that require the creation of new wetlands if existing wetlands are destroyed for development. Many projects are underway now to restore ecosystems to their former states. This almost always comes from a realization that our well-intentioned alterations of ecosystems have caused more problems than they solved.
Question 6.1
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Question 6.2
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Question 6.3
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Question 6.4
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Question 6.5
Savannas and tropical rainforests and a large portion of deserts fall within the same temperature ranges. They form a gradient from driest to wettest.
Question 6.6
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Question 6.7
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Question 6.8
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Question 6.9
Pick the two examples of consumers in the Infographic above:
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Question 6.10
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Question 6.11
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Suppose that a team of scientists decides to start up a Biosphere 3.
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2) The glass walls of a biosphere building would work the same way as the atmosphere: Solar energy would be reflected and heat energy would also escape. Assuming the building is sealed to outside air, soil, and water, matter should not be able leave.
3) There are many approaches you could take, but there would have to be some way to add more producers that would take up extra carbon dioxide and produce more oxygen.
2) The glass walls of a biosphere building would work the same way as the atmosphere: Solar energy would be reflected and heat energy would also escape. Assuming the building is sealed to outside air, soil, and water, matter should not be able leave.
3) There are many approaches you could take, but there would have to be some way to add more producers that would take up extra carbon dioxide and produce more oxygen.