APES Midterm Review SP 2014

Glacial ice melts, soil absorbs more energy, which causes it to get warmer, more ice melts is:

Annual productivity of ecosystems is greater than annual increase in biomass of herbivores b/c:

Which of the following is NOT one of the major processes of the water cycle?

The long-term storage of phosphorus and sulfur is in which of the following forms?

Two useful indicators of overall health in a country or region are

The biggest threat to species is:

This federal law protects habitats for endangered species:

Which of the following organisms is NOT likely to be found as a member of the detritus food web

Refers to the amount of a substance a person ingests, inhales, or absorbs through the skin:

The number of children an average woman would have, if she lives her full reproductive lifetime

Which federal law provides for a fund to clean up massive toxic spills?

Non-natvie species are transplanted by all of the following, EXCEPT:

Which of the following is an example of a brownfield?

Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?

When we use the earth's natural capital we are borrowing from the earth and future generations.

Which of these infectious diseases in NOT among the five most deadly?

The process where favorable traits enhance an organism's ability to survive is:

Understands the earth to be a complex machine that we can manage for everyone's good.

The beaver transforms its environment from streams to ponds allowing a diverse organisms.

Which is not a way for industry and communities to reduce waste?

Which solution to a toxic waste problem would be safest for the environment?

Which of these is NOT one of the factors currently affecting birth and fertility rates?

Scientist expect human-enhanced global warming to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Using a refillable coffee cup instead of a throwaway cup is an example of:

Shallow water lake zone that supports an abundance of emergent and submergent vegetation

Biomagnification occurs easily with toxins that are soluble in __, and has the effect of __.

On the leeward side of a mountain range, one would expect

A global outbreak of an infectious disease is called a(n)

A tick lives and feeds on a deer, sometimes transmitting disease to the deer.

Funding research to improve treatment of which disease would decrease death rates most?

The role a species plays in its ecosystem is the

Dragging nets across the bottom of the ocean which are weighted down to harvest bottom fish.

Which of the following is an example of low-quality energy?

Each statement can be concluded from the law of conservation of matter EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle?

The use of resources in a manner which protects a species or environment w/o causing loss:

The factor that is most directly responsible for the growth of the human population:

The maximum number of species that can be sustained in an ecosystem.

All of the following are important ecological services provided by forests, EXCEPT:

Honeybees pollinate many species of flowers, w/o this service plants would not reproduce.

Some plants can absorb toxic chemicals and then break them down to less toxic substances called

Which is a pollutant that is NOT usually associated with the use of modern sanitary landfills?

Which is the largest drawback of waste incineration?

Organisms use different resources in the same habitat, and in this way avoid competition.

Nonpoint sources of pollution include all of the following EXCEPT:

CITES is a(n)

Carcinogens cause

Which of the following is NOT a human-centered worldview?

Which of these is NOT one of the ethical guidelines for living more sustainably?

Pollution includes

Which of the following invasive species was NOT intentionally introduced?

Basel convention treaty was ratified by all of these countries EXCEPT:

Which is NOT one of the human activities having the greatest harmful impact on the environment?

These are means of detoxifying hazardous and toxic wastes, EXCEPT:

When compared to the most developed countries, most developing countries have higher

The five main types of hazards include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following can be used to reduce tropical deforestation?

Which of the following best exemplifies global collaboration for protecting biodiversity?

The agave plant that defines the Chihuahuan Desert of Northern Mexico and SW U.S.

The biggest problem with invasive species is that in the new location they:

A group of individuals of the same species in the same geographical area is known as a

Which is a non-transmissible disease that is the leading killer worldwide and in the U.S.?

Which activity best illustrates how the majority of solid waste in the U.S. is produced?

The highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely w/o reducing its supply

Humans intervene in the nitrogen cycle in several ways, EXCEPT

Which of these is NOT an important ecological service provided by forests?

Teratogens

Life on earth depends on interaction of gravity, the cycling of matter, and

Greenhouse effect describes:

Replacement-level fertility in a developed nation is likely to be nearest

What forces are most responsible for moving water through the hydrologic cycle?

We can solve any problem with more economic growth and development and better technology.

The damage that occurs from exposure to a chemical or other agent is:

Which of the following is synonymous with an anthropocentric worldview?

Which of the following statements does NOT apply to the second law of energy?

Which of the following products would likely increase your exposure to bisphenol A?

As pollution levels in streams rise, many aquatic insects such as the mayfly quickly disappear.

All of the following are problems created by the deforestation of rainforests EXCEPT:

Loss of tropical forest biomes due to logging and conversion to agriculture would:

The ability of a substance to cause injury, illness, or death to a living organism:

Which of the following would exhibit primary succession?

Which of the following would cause a population to overshoot its carrying capacity?

The accumulation of DDT by predatory birds during the 1960s is an example of:

Which of the following is NOT a major component of the earth's life-support system?

Which of the following is NOT an example of an environmental threshold being crossed?

Specialized cells, tissues, and organs that secrete hormones are part of the

Which is a way that humans harmfully impact the water cycle?

All are threats to marine ecosystems, EXCEPT:

A forest ecosystem in which forest fires have been suppressed for many decades may benefit from

An example of the tragedy of the commons would be

The area needed for a population to provide for itself and dispose of its waste is called its

Which of the following is NOT a part of the Planetary Management worldview?

Each would help to reduce the projected ecological footprint, EXCEPT:

Which of these is based on a belief that the less government interference the better?

Pollution from which of the following is an example of a point source pollution?

Marine zone that is low in dissolved oxygen but supports life due to high nutrient levels

Mitigation banking is supposed to accomplish what?

Who wrote Silent Spring?

The sale of a large forest to a developer causing the building of roads most likely leads to:

What is the root cause of habitat loss; especially in less developed nations?

Which of the following sources of iron would be of the highest quality?

Enclosing a school of fish with a large net.

A dose that is represented as LD50:

Rapidly growing countries have an age structure diagram that:

Extinction experts believe that the extent of biodiversity loss will increase because of

Which of the following philosophies would be advocated by someone with environmental wisdom POV

Which method of managing e-waste has the fewest environmental consequences?

Hazardous waste is all of the following, EXCEPT:

Which waste product is NOT considered hazardous?

Which helps to stabilize a developing country's population & reduce environmental degradation?

If everyone on earth consumed at the same current level as the average US citizens, we need

Unfenced grasslands in tropical and temperate climates that supply forage for grazing animals:

One effect of our overgrazing of the natural rangeland is

Which would decrease one's ecological footprint?

Cutting the intermediate-aged trees in uneven-aged forest is referred to as:

Natural capital includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Ants that live on the Acacia tree protect the tree from herbivores and feed on the tree.

What is the primary difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources?

Malaria is spread by

Input of which nutrient into water systems by humans causes cultural eutrophication?

A company pollutes a river. This is an example of

Organisms that complete the final breakdown and recycling of organic materials of organisms:

Barnacles adhering to the skin of a whale. Barnacles benefit, the whales are not effected.

A complex community of plants, animals, and microorganisms linked by energy and nutrient flow.

Changes in the gene pool of one species can lead to changes in the gene pool of the other is:

Which of the following is most readily recyclable?

Which consumer product constitutes the largest percentage of municipal solid waste?

Exponential growth followed by a steady decrease until the population size levels off:

A forest ecosystem in which forest fires have been suppressed may benefit from:

Photosynthetic zone in a lake ecosystem dominated by phytoplankton

HIPPCO is

All of the following are ecological services provided by wetlands EXCEPT

Called "ghost fishing" because huge nets are left to float in the ocean for days.

Which factor listed below is considered the primary cause of reduced human life span?

The extinction of many species in a relatively short period of geologic time is called:

Which of the following best represents organisms' succession on new rock?

Which is necessary to calculate the net primary productivity of an ecosystem?

Which is NOT a characteristic that make some species vulnerable to extinction?

Using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them is called:

Which of the following is one of the root causes of environmental problems?

Who wrote "Tragedy of the Commons"?

Building of roads, logging and urban development most likely leads to

Can be 80 miles long with thousands of baited hooks,bycatch often occurs.

Which of the following is NOT one of the age structure categories?

A species with a broad niche is considered a(n)

The temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture is called:

Groups of different species living together and interacting with each other.

Which of the following regulates the flow of nitrogen into and out of its largest reservoir?

Which of the following practices is most damaging to species of coral?

The biggest threat to species is

Which of the following types of toxicity can alter base sequences in human DNA?

Waste that includes paper, food wastes, yard waste, glass, wood, and similar items is called:

Set of assumptions and values reflecting how you think the world works and what your role is:

The first law of thermodynamics tells us that:

Which of the following is NOT a pathogen?

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways humans intervene in the water cycle?

The measurement of the concentration of hydrogen ions compared to hydroxide ions:

Primary succession occurs before secondary succession to

All are true of sanitary landfills EXCEPT that they

Which of the following is another name for a nonnative species?

An irreversible shift in the behavior of a natural system is called a(n)