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