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stedmon k
chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An ecological footprint is the? | amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person |
| compared to developing nations, developed nations? | greater personal wealth |
| in which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly | kenya |
| which country is most likely to have either stabilized or a slowly growing population | canada |
| a resident of which country is most likely to have the biggest ecological footprint | united states |
| most of today enviromental problem began during which age? | industrial revolution |
| biodiversity refers to? | number of variety species that live in one area. |
| "tradegy of the common" refers to? | individuals and society |
| biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly that it can decompose | newspaper |
| not a direct work of the industrial revolution | overunting large animals |
| classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is? | statistics |
| numeric inormation gathered in an experiment | data |
| explain an observation and predict what might happen in the future | theory |
| principles and standards we consider importantare known as | values |
| model of a dinasour is a example of a ____ model | physical |
| in an experiment, the factor of interest is called? | variable |
| group of individuals to represent the population is called the | sample |
| the chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of | correlation |
| which step in the experimental method are scientist conducting when they photograph birds in flight | observing |
| group that does not recieve the experimental treatment is the ______ group | control |
| ozone is a molecule made up of? | 3 oxygen atoms |
| most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere | nitrogen |
| a fault is a break in the earth's? | crust |
| how did the himalaya mountains form? | colliding tectonic plates |
| boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or lake | thermocline |
| deep currents flow along the | ocean floor |
| the richter scale best describes | magnitude of an earthquake |
| earth is mostly | a closed system |
| ozone is located in the | stratosphere |
| total quantity of dissolved salts in the ocean is | salinity |
| invertebrates are generally small, allowing them to live on little food and to hide rom enemies | insects |
| yeast that make bread rise is part of the _____ kingdom | protist |
| animals that have a backbone | vertebrate |
| animals without a backbone | invertebrate |
| athlete's foot is a disease caused by | fungi |
| algae are a type of organism in the kingdom of | protist |
| place that contains everything an organism needs is its | habitat |
| natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence or absence of | particular traits |
| archaebacteria and eubacteria are? | two kingdoms |
| single-celled organisma with cell walls but no nuclei are | bacteria |
| consumers are organisms that | get solar or other energy indirectly |
| which kinds of organisms obtain energy only from producers | herbivores |
| succession is possible cause | new species make the environment less suitable for previous ones |
| where would ecologist be least likely to go study primary succession | amazon river |
| what type of natural disaster helps some forest communities | fire |
| a lion is an example of a group of consumers called | carnivores |
| bacteria and fungi are examples of a group of consumers called | decomposers |
| succession that occurs on abundoned farm land is called ____-_____ succession | old field |
| the first organism to colonize any newly availible area are known as | pioneer |
| horses and cattle are _______ cause they eat only producers | herbivores |
| deserts are | formed on dry side of mountains ranges |
| the tundra | has a layer of soil that is permently frozen beneath the top soil |
| animals that live in the desert are | usually nocturnal |
| if you visited a savanna you would likely see | large herds of grazing animals |
| biomes are | usually described by their vegitation |
| the distance south of the equater as measured in degres, is called | latitude |
| located in costal areas, mediteranean-style climates | chaparral |
| the _____ layer of the tropical rain forest recieves the most sunlight | emergent |
| a________ biome recieves 200 to 400 cm of rain per year | rain forest |
| a ______ biome has a annual rainfall of less than 25 cm a year | desert |
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