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