Question 1

What are natural disruptions?

Accepted Answer

Natural events that disrupt the structure and/or function of an ecosystem

(tornados, hurricanes, fires, etc.)

Question 2

What are anthropogenic changes?

Accepted Answer

Changes that occur as a result of humans

(anthropogenic climate change vs. natural climate change)

Question 3

How do natural disruptions cause migration?

Accepted Answer

Animals may move to a new habitat as a result of a natural disruption

(birds fly south in the winter to stay at similar temperatures)

Question 4

What is the difference between resistance and resilience in ecosystems?

Accepted Answer

Resistance is how well an ecosystem can withstand a disturbance

Resilience is how well an ecosystem can recover after a disturbance

Question 5

What does the intermediate disturbance hypothesis claim?

Accepted Answer

Species diversity is highest when an ecosystem experiences neither too few nor too many ecological disturbances

2.5 Natural Disruptions to Ecosystems, AP Environmental Science Flashcards