ENVS 101 exam 1 review

Biodiversity is highest at ________ levels of disturbance.

Within populations of individual species, biodiversity is measured as ________.

Of all the threats to biodiversity, the single greatest threat is ________.

Squirrels competing with each other to collect the most acorns quickly is an example of ________.

Ecological valuation of ecosystems involves determining the value of ________.

How is genetic variation maintained in most populations?

An hypothesis can best be described as ________.

Which of the following is an abiotic component of an ecosystem?

An organism's ________ for many environmental factors determines where it can live.

Population growth is determined by ________.

The trophic level efficiencey from level 1 to 2 is ___.

Which of the following occurs when birth and death rates are equal?

Primary producers transform energy from sunlight and certain inorganic chemicals into ________.

The first stage of demographic transition is characterized primarily by ________.

The organism most likely to be vulnerable to global climate change is ________.

Biodiversity is ________.

Feeding interactions among species in a community form a(n) __.

The land area required to produce the ecosystem goods and services you consume is your __.

In the IPAT equation, much of the impact of affluence and technology is associated with __.

The fertility transition during industrialization is primarily characterized by?

Populations in which the probability of dying is constant at every age exemplify ________.

The most serious problem caused by population growth is ________.

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a measure of ________.

Genetic drift refers to ________.

Which of the following countries created a population growth policy requiring couples to have only one child?

The total number of species you identify in a given area is an example of __.

In developing countries, the most sccessful efforts to curb population growth include __.

Which of the following is not evidence in support of the endosymbiotic theory?

In order for a human population to be sustainable, its actual numbers must be ________.

In migrations, push factors are conditions that drive people out of a country like ________.

Assuming no migration, birth rate minus death rate is equal to ________.

Which of the following is NOT true of Ecosystem functions?

The place where an organism lives is its ________.

Sustainability means meeting the needs of current generations while also considering

Species found only in specific environments are said to be ___.

The inability of an insect to pollinate different plants because of their flower shapes causes:

An organism at the 3rd trophic level is best described as a __.

At virtually any level of use, nonrenewable resources can be ________.

A relationship where plants and bacteria live together and provide specific nutrients to each other is:

________ feedback tends to stabilize systems.