APES Fall Semester Final Basic Review Part 1

A(n)______ is all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment.

 _____________________ is the transfer of heat by air currents.

When a system responds to a change by returning it to its original state it is a(n)

Shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country.

An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects humans or other organisms.

_______ nations tend to have very high population growth rates, and low child survival rates.

Which stage of the hydrologic cycle can be the most direct cause of algal blooms?

An important environmental effect of the agricultural revolution was:

Living and once living parts of an ecosystem, including all of the plants and animals.

A(n) _______________ is a linear dependence between two variables.

Which of the following statements best describes the concept of NPP (Net Primary Production)

_____________ is the study of how humans interact with their environment.

is the ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it.

Fossil fuels became an important energy source during the___________.

The group of organisms responsible for the processes that move N2 in and out of the atmosphere:

A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next 

______ refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area.

The atmospheric layer nearest to Earth’s surface is the _______________.

Nitrogen makes up ____ percent of the Earth’s atmosphere.

What amount of energy, available from the sun’s rays hitting the earth, is used?

A(n) _______________ is the relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population.

On the pH scale, _____ is neutral.

Life on Earth is restricted to a narrow layer around the Earth’s surface called the ____.

The gases that trap and radiate heat are called ____________________________ gases.