Environmental Science Final Review

What factors are represented in a climatogram

These are many-celled organisms that make their own food using the sun's energy

What is a change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next

What impact did Hunter-Gatherers have on the environment?

The first trophic level is made up of

This is the distance north or south of the equator

These are animals that lack a backbone

Which country is likely to have individuals with a high ecological footprint?

Which is an example of an organism?

What is the source of energy for almost all organisms?

This is an organism that eats both plants and animals.

What organisms are examples of decomposers?

This biome has the most biodiversity found on Earth.

What term refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area?

You can go on a wild safari in this biome.

Which is an example of a pioneer species?

What are some characteristics of the agricultural revolution?

What is the ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical.

Another name for an autotroph is...

Which is NOT a biotic factor found in an ecosystem?

This biome receives little precipitation and experience very warm temperatures.

What was a positive outcome of the Industrial Revolution?

This biome is typically found near the equator

Which is NOT one of the world's biomes?

What is another name for the Taiga?

Why do scientists use correlations?

The reformation of the ecosystem after the eruption of Mt. St. Helen is an example of...

The picture below represents....

Which country is more likely to have a rapidly increasing population?

The cells of animals, plants, fungi, and protist contain a nucleus.  Therefore they are...

What is the chance that something will happen?

Which is NOT a model used to tell us about the environment?

State when human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely?

This biome features fertile soil where a majority of our food is grown.

Nitrogen makes up what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere?

Which is NOT one of the three major environmental concerns of today?

What is NOT an example of a renewable resource?

What organism converts nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use?

This is the biome we live in.

This is a large region characterized by specific climate and types of plants and animals

Who developed the concept of Evolution by Natural Selection?

This is a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific geographic location

Which kingdom contains organisms whose cells have nuclei, cell walls, but NO chlorophyll

What percentage of energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next?

Secondary succession would most likely occur at which location?

What is each step in an energy pyramid called?

What is a mean?

Environmental science is the study of the interactions of humans with the natural environment.

What is the process plants use to produce their own food?

Which is an example of a biodegradable pollutant?

What factor has contributed to the increase in the world's population over the last 200 years?

These are flowering plants that produce seeds in fruit

This is the reason why different breeds of dog, like the Chihuahua, exist

The climate of a biome depends upon...

Which of the following would be subject to primary succesion?