Envi Sci Midterm Review

If a producer has 20,000 kcal of energy, how much energy will be available at primary consumer level?

Which of the following would be a renewable resource?

Which trophic level would be occupied by an omnivore?

In the DTM, which stage has high birth rates and high death rates, keeping population size low?

Which of the following is a negative consequence of artificial selection?

Which of the following is true about an estuary?

Which of these can convert nitrogen in the air into a form usable by plants?

What is the key difference between primary and secondary succession?

Which biogeochemical cycle lacks an atmospheric component?

In which type of selection are BOTH extremes selected for and the mean is selected against?

The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers:

Which biome has consistently cold temperatures and little to no precipitation?

During which part of the nitrogen cycle is nitrogen returned to the atmosphere?

What is the largest freshwater reservoir?

Which stage of the DTM is associated with large population, a high degree of affluence/wealth and 0-1 kid?

The distance north or south of the equator, as measured in degrees, is called:

Which of the following is an herbivore?

In which species would you expect to see a type I survivorship curve?

_______ is the arrangement of individuals in space.

Which aquatic biome is the most biodiverse?

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

The benthic zone is nutrient rich.

Which term best describes environmental science?

Which is a type of qualitative data?

What is the part of the experiment being tests/what the scientist controls/manipulates?

During _____, liquid water is released into the atmosphere as a gas by plants.

Which biome is well suited for fire?

The muddy bottom of a lake or ocean is called the ______.

During which stage of the DTM would you expect exponential population growth?

What is used to test predictions when it is impossible or unethical to use experiments?

The group that does not receive the independent variable is called the:

Most producitivity in an aquatic biome occurs in the benthic zone.

Which term describes a lake that is clear, with little to no nutrients?

Humans altered their habitat during which period(s)?

Which of these did NOT happen during the Industrial Revolution?

Atmospheric CO₂ levels would be an example of which scale of environmental problem?

During ______ in the Carbon cycle, normally sequestered carbon is released back into the atmosphere.

Which term describes the variety of life?

During which stage of the water cycle does water seep into soil/groundwater sources?

Which type of organisms is found at the base of an energy pyramid?

Organisms with traits that are adaptive must

During which of the following are no traits favored/natural selection is not acting?