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Jake Farr
Enviornmental Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya |
| ______ is a biodegradeble material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can compose. | Newspaper |
| Which country is most likely to have either a stabalized or a slowly growing population? | Canada |
| According to the law of supply and demand, what would occure if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same? | oil prices would increase |
| Which of the following is a developing nation? | Ethiopia |
| A resident of ________ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint. | United States |
| Most of today's enviornmental problems began during which period in human history? | Industrial Revolution |
| The term "biodiversity" refers to | The number and variety of species that live in an area |
| The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the enviornment is called | pollution |
| When the last member of a species dies, _______ is said to have occured | extinction |
| In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the | variable |
| Curiosity and imagination are important in science because they are | abilities in scientists that help expand our knowledge |
| The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called | statistics |
| Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when the photograph birds in flight? | Observing |
| A model of a dinosaur is an example of a _______ model. | physical |
| The average mass of a wolf pack in a pack of wolves is an example of | mean |
| The chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of | risk |
| The group that does not recieve the experimental treatment in an experiment is the | control group |
| Good Scientist demonstrate a habit of mind called _________ when they do not believe everything they are told. | skepticism |
| Equations used to represent how a scientific process works are called _________ models. | mathematical |
| How did the Himalaya Mountains form? | Colliding tectonic plates |
| What are producers of oxygen? | plants |
| The ozone layer is located in the | stratosphere |
| The Richter scale best describes the | magnitude of an earthquake |
| Which is NOT one of the compositional layers of the earth? | Mesosphere |
| Which is NOT a mechanism of energy transfer through of within Earth's atmosphere? | Condensation |
| Deep Currents flow along the | Ocean Floor |
| With respect to matter, Earth is mostly | a closed system |
| The boundary between warm or cold water in an ocean or lake is... | thermocline |
| A volcano is a mountain built from | magma |
| A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next is called | evolution |
| ______________ is the process that causes the characteristics of a population to change in a way controlled by humans. | Artificial Selection |
| _________ is a trait that increases an organism's increase of survival. | Adaptation |
| A trait unintentionally selected by humans is called | Resistance |
| A process that cause the characteristics of a population to change in a way that is not controlled by humans | Natural Selection |
| Which invertebrate are really small, allowing them to live on little food and to hide from enemies? | Insects |
| Achaebacteria and Eubacteria are | two kingdoms |
| What would be an abiotic factor in an ecosystem? | water |
| Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presense or absense of | partuicular traits |
| What best describes a population? | members of the same species living in the same place at the same time |
| What kind of natural disaster helps some forest communities by allowing some tress to relsease their seeds, by clearing away deadwood, and by encouraging new growth? | fire |
| Which of the following are photosynthetic organisms? | freshwater algae |
| Consumers aare organisms that | get solar or other enegry indirectly |
| Where would an ecologist be least likely to study primary succession | the Amazon Rainforest |
| What term is used to refer to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem? | food web |
| Which plant is likely to be a pioneer species? | shrubs |
| Which does not contain carbon from the bodies of plants and animals that died millions of years ago? | phosphate salts |
| What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as a volcanic eruption or flood? | secondary succession |
| Which gas makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere but can only be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first? | nitrogen |
| Which organism is most likely to be at the bottom trophic level of a food chain? | algae |
| If you visited a savanna, you would likely see | large herds of grazing animals such as rhinos, gazelles, and giraffes |
| Animals that live in the desert | are usually nocturnal |
| Deserts are often formed | on the dry side of mountain ranges |
| the Tundra | has a layer of soil that is permanetly frozen beaneath the top soil |
| Taiga is | a forest biome dominated by coniferous trees such as ine |
| Biomes | are usually described by their vegetation |
| Which are adaptions used by the animals of the artic tundra? | Rodents burrow underground for winter protection |
| The distance north or south of the equator as measured in degrees is called | latitude |
| The main factor that determines what types of plants geow in a biomes is | temperature and precipitation |
| Biomes with higher temperatures and less precipitation tend to have | shorter and denser vegetation |
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