Part 1 Environmental Science Midterm Review 2021

Permafrost is typically found in which biome?

Coal use can cause acid rain because of which pollutant?

When energy is transferred between trophic levels, _______ is transferred and ______ is lost (not transferred.)

The total number of neutrons and protons in an atom is its _.

Burmese pythons were accidentally released into the Everglades where they started eating all the other animals. They are

No energy is created or destroyed when energy is converted from one form to another. This is a part of _.

An ecological tipping point reached with a natural system can get stuck in a positive feed back loop.

Setting the AC unit in a house is to 72 degrees F and everytime the house cools to that temperature and shuts off is _.

A population is a group of individuals of different species living in a particular place.

To have the genetic diversity to survive, a species should have _____________ individuals.

Biomes on land are like ______________ in the ocean.

Which renewable energy is currently used the most?

What is one reason why polar regions are colder than equatorial regions?

Mutualism is a relationship where two species live closely and

An acid has

Decomposers break down dead organic material. They include

Indicator species

What happened at all the big nuclear power plant accidents?

The greatest threat to most species is _____.

A species' niche is

About how much of the air in the atmosphere is oxygen?

Wind power is the second fastest growing renewable energy but one disadvantage is _.

Resource use per person is lower in the United States than it is in middle-income countries like China

A species that will soon become extinct in all or part of its range is

Which non-renewable fuel source is most abundant?

A typical type of tree common to tropical coastal wetlands is _.

An example of a chemical change is

What type of species are humans, whales and elephants?

Colony collapse disorder causes honeybees to _____.

Since point source pollution is "any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged", then

50,000 energy units of grass are eaten by insects. How much energy can snakes get from the insects?

Which of the following is an example of climate?

What is one reason for declining use of coal in the United States?

What law says atoms cannot be created or destroyed?

The law "high-quality energy is always converted to low-quality energy" is the

An example of changing nonrenewable energy to inexhausible energy is

Tapeworms live inside their hosts and may harm them by drawing nourishment from them. This interaction is an example of?

How is solar energy best described?

When a population grows greatly past its carrying capacity then what is likely to occur?

Living on Earth's natural capital which is living on the portion of renewable resource that can be used sustainably is _