Ecology History

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  1. 6. Authors of the first college ecology text book
  2. 7. the study of the management of the natural environment, which includes the relations of organisms with one another and their surroundings.
  3. 8. Nuclear meltdown in Urkraine
  4. 9. coined the term "survival of the fittest"
  5. 11. Gilbert White is considered the founder of____ ecology, a school of thought that promotes a harmonious relationship between humans and nature.
  6. 14. launched the research program Man and Biosphere in the goal of increasing the awareness of humans about their relationship with nature.
  7. 15. "The Idea or plant ___:Alexander von Humboldt, the father of Ecology, book that reported an impressive number of species, particularly plants, for which he sought to explain their geographic distribution concerning geological data
  8. 19. coined by Karl Möbius in 1877, describes the interacting organisms living together in a habitat (biotope).
  9. 22. model: a system of differential equations used to model the dynamics of predator-prey relationships between two populations, often represented as: dN₁/dt = r₁N₁ - a₁N₁N₂ and dN₂/dt = -r₂N₂ + a₂N₁N₂
  10. 23. is a pesticide and how it hurt bird species' eggs
  11. 24. In 1972 the Clean ___ Act entitle sthe federal government the authority to set limits for water pollutants, help fund wastewater infrastructure, and support research and technology to improve water quality.
  12. 25. the science of naming and classifying organisms pioneered by Carolus Linnaeus
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  1. 1. The first national park
  2. 2. Eduard Seuss first defined the term ___as the system composed of living organisms and their environment.
  3. 3. coined the term “ecology”
  4. 4. EPA studies____ and issues recommendations for recreational water quality for toxins released into water by blue-green algae. Hypoxia/anoxia is the ogoing acidification caused by climate change.
  5. 5. ___an international agreement that set binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005
  6. 10. highly respected professor at the University of Chicago, Henry Chandler Cowles was one of the first to recognize the importance of the biodiversity at the recognize the importance of the biodiversity at the Indiana Dunes in his book, " The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake ___"
  7. 12. George Perkins Marsh book called "Man and ____" outlining the foundations of conservation movement
  8. 13. Antoine Lavoisier and Theodore de Saussure discovered how ___ is cyclically produced into various forms paved the way for a better understanding of nutrient uptake in living organisms.
  9. 16. __ hypothesis proposes that all organisms and their inorganic surroundings on Earth are closely integrated to form a single and self-regulating complex system, maintaining the conditions for life on the plane
  10. 17. In 1950 people realized its harmful effects, from cars and factories
  11. 18. Tragedy of the___: showing that although an area might not be abused by its users, without a true limit and caretakers its resources eventually are depleted
  12. 19. a chemical leak at a pesticide plant in 1984. It is considered the worst industrial accident in history
  13. 20. In 1985 scientists discovered the ___ hole over Antarctica, confirming that human activities caused it.
  14. 21. Government agencty protecting the enviroment started in 1970