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APES Midterm Review Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,20
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An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissue&waste products into smaller particles
Detritivore
Decomposer
Worm
Consumer
2
A measurement index that combines 3 basic measures of human status
Growth Index
Life expectancy index
Human development index
Body Mass Index
3
What are abiotic components of a cave ecosysytem
Microorganisms, Temp, Rocks
Drawings, Fire, Clubs
Bats, Rocks, Water
Temp, Salinity, Waste
4
Ammonification is a part of which biogeochemical cycle
carbon cycle
phosphorus
water cycle
nitrogen cycle
5
Vegetation grows back quickly after a fire because...
Predators are wiped out
Diseases to the plants can no longer spread
Predators are wiped out
There is an increase in the availability of chemical element
6
As the supply of an item____the demand____
increases; decreases
decreases; increases
increases; increases
decreases; decreases
7
Species richness is
number of species present in a community
equality of species numbers
how much money a species has
biodiversity index
8
Process which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose
Respiration
Fermentation
Nitration
Photosynthesis
9
A compound is a molecule with ____ or more elements
2
4
1
3
10
Which of these is not part of the Environmental Policy Cycle
Product Use
Problem identification
Policy adoption
Policy Evaluation
11
Strategy for pollution control that constructs financial+ other incentives for lower emissions
Incentive based approach
Human poverty index
Environmental protection agency
Green Tax
12
Herbivores eat.. Carnivores eat... Omnivores eat...
both, plants, meat
Meat, plants, both plants and meat
Plants, both, meat
Plants, meat, both
13
Uses energy of the sun to produce usable forms of energy(autotrophs)
Producers
Consumer
Decomposer
Tertiary consumer
14
What level of ecological disturbance will benefit an ecosystem?
Intermediate disturbance
no disturbance
high disturbance
low disturbance
15
What PH level is considered acidic on a scale of 1-14
3
7
13
8
16
Ogliotropic Lake
large body of water
high biological productivity and excessive nutrients
low primary productivity and low nutrient content
accumulated organic matter on the bottom of thelake
17
Environmental systems contain
Explosions
Plants and animals
Physical reactions
Chemical and Biological reactions
18
Rapid increase in the algae population of a water way
Biomass inercase
Dentification
Algal Bloom
Floom
19
An atom is made up of
molecules
compounds
elements
macromolecules
20
A polyculture is made up of
less than one species of animals
more than one species of plants
less than one species of plants
more than one species of animals
21
An ecosystem is defined as
living species interacting with one another
water, wind, and plants in a community
all biotic and abiotic factors
all animals and plants helping one another
22
The status of being healthy, happy, and prosperous
Well-Being
Blessed
Loved
Single
23
All land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland
Impermenting
Watershed
Leaching
Runoff
24
Which type of forest contains the largest diversity of tree species
Tundra
Tropical rainforest
Evergreen
Desiduous
25
Ecology is the study of
Plants and animals
the chemistry of living things
Global climate change
relationships between organisms and theirenvironment
26
The ecosystems boundaries correspond to boundaries between
Human and waste
Land and Air
Land and Water
Humans and animals
27
Which of these animals are endangered
Bald Eagle
Polar Bear
Monarch Butterfly
Labrador Retriever
28
Sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers
Food Cycle
Food chain
Trophic levels
Food Web
29
We can measure biodiversity in terms of...
Ancestors
All of these
Mutation
Species richness and eveness
30
If something is hypophobic it means
high water level
water loving
water hating
low water level
31
US organization that advances energy and economic security of the US
World Health Organization
Department of Energy
Department of Resources
Human Poverty Index
32
In a hydrogen reaction there will be a
Popping sound
Smell
Bright light
Explosion
33
A cold and treeless biome with low-growing vegetation
Desert
Tundra
Rain shadow
Boreal Foresy
34
Which is the correct formula for glucose
C4H6O10
G4
C8H10O6
C6H12O6
35
What is an effect of deforestation
More fishing ponds
Carbon increase in the atmosphere
Paper decrease
Habitat increase
36
Transportation of dissolved molecules through soil via ground water
Limiting nutrient
Macro nutrient
Leaching
Runoff
37
At the start of a track race what type of energy do you have
anxiety
adrenaline
potential
kinetic
38
Movement of water through the biosphere
hydrologic cycle
carbon cycle
nitrogen cylce
phosphorus cycle
39
The measure of economic status, income distribution, and resource depletion pollution
GPD
GPI
valuation
Technology transfer
40
What niche provides energy to all other levels of food chains
Provider
Producer
Primary Consumer
Decomposer
41
Benthic Zone
H
E
A
D
42
rate producers use photosynthesis to store energy-the rate they use this energy in respiration
NOP
NPP
OON
Emily
43
What does GPP stand for
Geometric Primary Product
Geological Primary Product
Gross Primary Production
Net Primary Production
44
What are the four ecological building blocks of life
carbon, liquid, amino acids,, polypeptides
nitrogen, carbs, lipids, amino acids
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, phosphorus
carbons, lipids, amino acids, proteins
45
An object that is in motion has
Kinetic energy
A lot of energy
Speed
Potential Energy
46
The products of a combustion reaction
CO2+H2O
Te+Rb
H2+O2
C2O+H2O
47
This type of cell respiration doesn't use oxygen
Anerobic
Aerobic
Mineralization
Oxyhydro
48
A tax placed on something environmentally harmful
Green tax
Save the plant tax
Recycle Tax
Eco tax
49
Which of the following organisms would be considered a decomposer
Both B and C
Bacteria
Fungi
Blueberry bush
50
What is the triple bottom line
Reduce, reuse, recycle
none of these
Economy, people, planet
Plants, animals, humans
51
Resources from the earth
Natural Capital
Economic Capital
Solar Capital
Earth Capital
52
Transpiration is a part of this biogeochemical cycle
Phosphorus Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
53
Autotrophs get their energy from
consuming plants
consuming bacteria
making their own food(photosynthesis)
consuming animals
54
Environmental science is the study of
our planet
humans and the world
plants and animals
humans and animals
55
All are a result of global warming except
Rise in temperatures
Ocean Acidifications
Increase in plants but decrease of animals
Ice caps melting
56
Environmental scientists monitor natural systems for signs of
Stress
Movement
Growth
Reproduction
57
Biotic factors include
Artificial sweetener
Fish
Water
Knives
58
Process which producers incorporate elements into their tissues
Mineralization
Nitrification
Assimilation
Nitration
59
All are necessary chambers of an eco-column except
Terrestrial
Bethnic
Decomposition
Aquatic
60
Which method of tree harvesting is least destructive if conducted correctly
clear cutting
selective cutting
seed tree cut
bulldozing the forest
