APES Midterm Review 2015

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

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

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

CITES is a(n)

Which of the following is most readily recyclable?

Rapidly growing countries have an age structure diagram that:

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

The biggest threat to species is:

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

Malaria is spread by

The first law of thermodynamics tells us that:

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

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

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

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

All of the following are ecological services provided by wetlands EXCEPT

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

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

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

Who wrote "Tragedy of the Commons"?

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

What occurs after a disturbance occured that left no soil behind?

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

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

Nonpoint sources of pollution include all of the following EXCEPT:

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

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

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

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

Which would decrease one's ecological footprint?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carcinogens cause

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

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

The role a species plays in its ecosystem is the

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

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

Photosynthetic zone in a lake ecosystem dominated by phytoplankton

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

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

All are threats to marine ecosystems, EXCEPT:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Greenhouse effect describes:

A company pollutes a river. This is an example of

Mitigation banking is supposed to accomplish what?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An example of the tragedy of the commons would be

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

Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?

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

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

Which of the following invasive species was NOT intentionally introduced?

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

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

Natural capital includes all of the following EXCEPT:

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

One effect of our overgrazing of the natural rangeland is

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is synonymous with an anthropocentric worldview?

The biggest threat to species is

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

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

HIPPCO is

Humans intervene in the nitrogen cycle in several ways, EXCEPT

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

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

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

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

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

Pollution includes

Which of the following would exhibit primary succession?

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

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

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

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

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

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

This federal law protects habitats for endangered species:

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