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Environment Midterm
Crovato/Impastato
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What's the largest watershed in the US? | Mississippi |
| What's an inexpensive solution to providing everyone with more fresh water to use? | water conservation |
| What Act required all tankers in the US waterways be doubled hulled by the year 2015? | The 1990 Oil Pollution Act |
| What are 3 examples of surface water? | lakes, rivers, streams |
| Where is Most of the Earth's freshwater found? | solidified at the North and South Poles |
| Why do treatment plants add chlorine to the water? | to kill bacteria that have accumulated, as well as prevent future bacterial growth |
| What could a person do to conserve water? | use a low-flow shower head and take short showers |
| What's an example of nonpoint-source pollution? | runoff from agricultural feedlots |
| Parasitic worms would be classified as what type of water pollutant? | pathogen |
| Why is polluted groundwater hard to clean? | 1) Ground water recharges slowly 2) Water is dispersed through large areas of rock and can cling to rock surfaces 3) groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through rock |
| Where do Most pollutants in the ocean come from? | activities on land |
| What's the relationship between groundwater and surface water? | surface water percolates through the soil to form groundwater |
| What is pollution discharged from a single source, like a leak from a gas station? | point source pollution |
| Why doesn't photosynthesis occur in deep ocean water? | theres no sunlight |
| Coral reefs are intricately shaped rocklike structures that are formed as a result of what? | secretion of calcium carbonate by tiny marine animals |
| An estuary functions as a mineral trap due to what? | mixing action of river water and ocean water |
| Which organism produces most of the food in an aquatic ecosystem? | phytoplankton |
| What are estuaries? | ecosystems where both fresh water and salt water are present |
| In the _____ zone, the water is cool and dark. | benthic |
| What factors determine where living things live in ponds and lakes? | temperature, sunlight, oxygen, nutrients |
| The majority of marine organisms are found in ______ | shallow, coastal waters |
| What causes most coastal pollution in the United States? | runoff from land |
| Estuaries are very productive ecosystems because they receive fresh nutrients from what 2 waters? | rivers and oceans |
| What are 3 functions of wetlands? | 1) absorb pollutants 2) traps carbon 3) flood control |
| What term is used to refer to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem? | food web |
| What organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain? | algae |
| The growth of plants after a forest is destroyed by fire, is an example of which type of succession? | secondary succession |
| Consumers are organisms that _______________ | get solar or other energy indirectly |
| What is true about cellular respiration? | it produces energy for organisms to use |
| How are humans affecting the balances of carbon in the atmosphere? | burning fossil fuels in great quantities has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in atmosphere |
| What is the process of two species changing genetically in response to long-term interactions with each other? | coevolution |
| In order for evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected" must __________ | reproduce |
| What converts nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use? | bacteria |
| What is a group of the same species living in the same area at the same time? | population |
| What are living factors called? | biotic |
| WHich kind of organism obtains energy only from producers? | herbivores |
| Which type of plant is likely to be a pioneer species? | lichen |
| The energy in most ecosystems comes from the ______ | sun |
| With respect to matter, Earth is mostly a ____ | closed system |
| What an example of organisms most likely to belong to the same species? | people at a football game |
| The community of a pond is made up of all the ___________________ | populations of fish, insects, and other living organims |
| Currents at the surface of the ocean are driven by ___ | wind |
| What part of Earth encompasses all areas where organisms can obtain the energy they need? | biosphere |
| With respect to energy, Earth is an __________ | open system |
| WHere is most of the fresh water on earth located? | in ice caps and glaciers |
| What includes all of the water on or near Earth's surface? | hydrosphere |
| Without the greenhouse effect, earth's atmosphere would be _____ to support life. | too cold |
| According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same? | prices would increase |
| A sustainable world would be characterized by the ________________ | indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition |
| What does the tragedy of the commons describe? | the conflict between individuals and resource use |
| Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population? | Canada |
| The _______ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. | overhunting of large mammals |
| In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya |
| Why is the worlds loss of biodiversity a source of concern? | humans depend on other organisms for food and oxygen |
| What happened during the Agricultural Revolution? | plants and animals were domesticated |
| ______ is a biodegradable materials that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can decompose. | newspaper |
| A resident of ________ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint. | the United States |
| What does the term "biodiversity" mean? | the number and variety of species living on earth |
| Whats the control group? | The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment |
| Whats a variable in an experiment? | the factor of interest (factor that is changing) |
| The average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of_______ | mean |
| The experimental method includes which of the following steps? | observing, hypothesizing, predicting, experimenting, and communicating results |
| Using economic considerations of resource use, the law of supply and demand describes ________________ | the relationship between the availability and worth of resources |
| What is a developing nation? | Ethopia |
| Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? | observing |
| Where are the most geologically active regions on the surface of Earth? | boundaries between tectonic plates |
| What are producers of oxygen? | plants |
| Where is the ozone layer located? | stratosphere |
| What is large-scale atmospheric phenomena caused by air that's constantly in motion? | weather |
| What is the Richter scale? | it describes the magnitude of an earthquake |
| What is molten rock that is found in the upper mantle? | magma |
| In the troposphere, which of the following decreases as altitude increases? | pressure and temperature |
| What are 3 mechanisms of energy transfer through or within Earth's atmosphere? | conduction, convection, radiation |
| What causes air to be denser near Earth's surface? | gravity |
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