Environmental Science Midterm Review

chemicals that harm embryos and fetuses are called?

Which biome would have the highest net primary production

A substance's toxicity depends not just on what it is, but also

The average # of yrs an individual is predicted to live

Which diagram might indicate a developing country?

Which age structure diagram shows a declining population?

What is a population's total fertility rate?

Epidemiology deals primarily with what type of hazard

What percentage of the Earth's Surface is covered in water?

What can be inferred about an area that has an age structure diagram with a pyramid shape?

Toxicology deals primarily with what types of hazards?

What type of succession is displayed in the image?

Over a given period of time, the rate at which plants convert solar energy into stored energy..

What type of succession is shown in the graph

The disappearance of a particular population from a given area, but not globally, is called?

What months would be considered the fall months?

What is the highest temperature that was reached in this graph?

Day to day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid," describe...

Which age structure diagram shows a growth in population?

On a biome map, patches representing the same biome tend to occur at similar

What is the highest level of precipitation in this diagram?

Individuals respond _________ to the same environmental hazard.

Toxicology is the study of how ___________ affects organisms' health.

Ecologists use similarities between ecosystems to classify them into broad categories called

Each step up the food chain, concentrations of toxicants can be greatly multiplied in a process

which of the following effects is always associated with a tornado?

The number of males compared to females in a population is the...

A disease that has appeared in the human population for the first time is an

which of the following is an example of an easily controlled social hazard?

The probability that a hazard will cause harmful response, such as death or disease is known as

What months would be considered the spring months?

Which product is often derived from the natural environment?

trees such as cedars and spruces are called

What months would be considered the winter months?

Why do shorter trees and plants have large flat leaves?