APES EXAM REVIEW GAME

Species that provides insight into the health of an ecosystem.

Atmospheric layer that contains ozone and blocks a UV light as it enters the atmosphere.

When rain soaks through a landfill, the resulting contaminated liquids are called _____.

Characterized by the use of machinery, inorganic fertilizers,pesticides, and the GMOs on crops.

Biome has sunless winters and very little falling precipitation. Also contains permafrost.

A country has a population growth rate of 5% how many years will it take to double in size?

Uses Uranium-235 which has to be mined, and is technically a nonrenewable resource.

Soil conservation method that involves planting crops perpendicular to the slopeof the land.

Survivorship curve that results in early losses such as plants or aquatic organisms.

When a common public resource is exploited it is sometimes referred ___________________.

International treaty to drastically reduce CFCs.

Which molecule is the major cause of ozone depletion?

Rule of 70

Occurs when pesticides are used, susceptible organisms die, and non-susceptible organisms live.

Process that uses large nets to scoop up large schools of fish as they feed near the surface.

Increasing the intensity of the warming effect.

Suppression of nutrient upwellings that decrease biological productivity due to change in trade

What type of growth is this?

Characterized by high birth rates and high death rates. Results in a stable population size.

These lakes are typically young lakes with low productivity.

In the United states water is used mostly for which area?

Allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate emissions of air pollutants.

Occur where rivers empty into the ocean. Mixture of freshwater and saltwater (brackish water).

International treaty that reduces the emission of greenhouse gases.

Occurs when sea levels have rise slightly.

Occurs when it is beneficial for the population to congregate together.

Due to the cooling process involved in electricity production by nuclear means.

Ocean absorbs CO2. The CO2 forms an acid in the water causing the pH of the ocean to decrease.

Type of agriculture where families produce enough food for themselves.

Cause of soil degradation due to over irrigation of crops, which stops gas exchange in plants.

According to this age structure the population is ___________.

Population Change Equation

Protects the quality of bodies of water above or below ground that are used for drinking water.

When a city containing large amounts of concrete and pavement store large amounts of heat.

Located at the equator, where the amount of sunlight and temperature are constant.

Change of atmospheric nitrogen gas (N2) in the atmosphere into ammonia (NH3) or ammonium (NH4).

Affect all populations regardless of size. Natural disaster (abiotic factors) such as tsunami.

Larger and have fewer young. Their population size does not vary.

An increase in the average temperature near the surface of the earth.

Type of pollution that can be traced to a single source.

Colorless gas that is generated by the combustion of sulfur containing fuels like coal and oil.

Raising fish, or other seafood in nets enclosing areas along a coast, or in inland ponds.

Organisms that have broad niches. They have wide ranges and to fit into a variety of habitats.

Protects endangered plants, animals, and their habitats.

What is this diagram?

Physical process, large objects are removed from the wastewater with large screens.

Occurs when both species benefit.

Result of 2 plates pushing together. The Himalayas are a result of this type of plate boundary.

Occurs when sunlight penetrates the Earth’s atmosphere.

Radioactive gas that can enter homes from the surrounding bedrock, which can cause lung cancer.

Which biogeochemical cycle does not have an atmospheric component, which is why it is slow?

A colorless, odorless gas that forms during the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels.

The non-target species that are caught accidentally in the pursuit of the target species.

Type of pollution which are put directly into the atmosphere.

Layer of the atmosphere closest to the surface of the earth. (78%N2, 21%O2, and 1% Trace Gases)

Depositing of acid forming compounds on land or water.

Fertilizers from agricultural runoff disrupt the nitrogen cycle and can lead to ________.

The reflectivity of the surface of the Earth.

Early stage of coal that has high moisture content and a low heat and carbon content.

Establishment of a community in a soil-less environment.