NEW APES Unit 9 (Global Change) Review

Which greenhouse gas is the worst (causes the most problems, stays int he atmosphere longest)

Why would a loss of insect biodiversity be bad for our planet?

Dams are an example of

The IUCN labels species at high risk of extinction:

The intersection point on a supply and demand curve indicates:

An attempt at global collaboration to lower production/emissions of CO₂

Which type of economic asset includes human knowledge and abilities?

What makes the 6th mass extinciton different than the rest?

The cost of a good/service not included in the economic price:

Which area of the world has actually seen an extreme DECREASE in temperature?

Which type of economic asset includes all goods and services that humans produce?

Antropogenic compounds that breakdown stratospheric ozone:

Agreement to lower CFC production/emission

Using resources to meet the needs of current and future populations

If supply is down in the face of increasing demand you will see:

Concentration of CO2 in 1958 was 310ppm and was 390ppm by 2009.  What is the % increase?

The essentials of human survival come from

Which developed country has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol?

Major source of increasing greenhouse gases

Anthropogenic

Climate change will have a bigger impact on:

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas:

Microlending is designed to promote all of these EXCEPT

Which US agency protects endangered species?

In a developing nation w/o nation-wide electrical grid: which is an example of leapfrogging?

Where are a lot of biodiversity hot spots?

Types of spending that increase GDP include the following except:

PM impacts global temperatures because as soot lands on snow it decreases

Which greenhouse gas is the least impacted by human activity?

Higher temperatures lead to an increase in decomposer populations

When the economic system does not account for all costs it is called

Which agreement increases economic development but sacrificed well-being and env health?

Genetic variation, ecosystem variation and species variation all are forms of

Alien species are dangerous because:

Carbon sequestration

Which North American species was driven to extinction due to overharvesting?