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Environmental
Final Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a hypothesis? | A statement that makes a testable prediction. |
| This data can never be accurate. | Projected population growth between now and 2050. |
| This is a part of the cryosphere. | Ice formed on the rim of a pond in winter. |
| What function do decomposers provide in a food web? | They transform dead organisms into organic matter. |
| What is an example of a perpetual resource? | Tidal Energy. |
| When energy flows from one trophic level to the next higher level, what always happens? | Most of the energy is lost through biological processes. |
| What does an anthropocentric view say? | Emphasizes the importance of the environment for humanity. |
| What does a biocentric view say? | Treats humans as part of the environment. |
| River water eroding a rocky bank and carrying silt to the sea is an example of what two spheres interacting? | Hydrosphere and Lithosphere. |
| If a lion cannot find living prey, it may eat a found, dead carcass. What ecological phenomenon is the lion demonstrating? | A species may participate in more than one trophic level. |
| Global climate change may be the result of what? | The emission of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane into earth's atmosphere. |
| This element of ecosystems is an example of an abiotic factor? | Water in an aquifer. |
| An official for the government hired to enforce the Resource Management Act would be responsible for this situation. | An application to build a dam in New Zealand. |
| This is an example of a local sensor. | Rain Gauge |
| This ecosystem produces more chemical energy per year at the producer level. | Coral Reef |
| Where on the earth is the most oxygen stored for long periods of time? | Rocks in the geosphere. |
| All ecosystems sharing a similar climate and similar dominant plants and animals is the definition of what? | Biome |
| Which scientist was most responsible for alerting the public to the risks involved in DDT spraying? | Rachel Carson |
| In a California woodland, a mistletoe plant gets its nutrition from live oaks. The oaks' health suffers as a result. What kind of symbiotic relationship does this example show? | Parasitism |
| Reactions between industrial or automotive emissions and water vapor cause what? | Acid Rain |
| What is the total mass of all the dry matter of all the organisms in an ecosystem called? | Biomass |
| In an experiment, what is a variable that scientists can manipulate to observe its effects? | Independent Variable |
| What is a density-independent factor that affects population size? | Temperature |
| This system was founded on physical constants. | Metric System |
| What organisms turn atmospheric nitrogen into organic nitrogen compounds? | Nitrogen-Fixing Organisms |
| What insecticide became widely used as a crop pesticide and mosquito eradicator after World War II? | DDT |
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