APES Fall review

What has caused the current extinction event?

An ecosystem service

The conversion of ammonia to nitrite then nitrate ions is called

What caused the beginning of the rapid increase of the human population?

The number of live births per 1000 people is the

6CO₂ + 6H₂O + energy --> C₆H₄O₆ + 6O₂ is the equation for

Geographic isolation is

Examples of sustainable practices are

Invasive species have which characteristics?

Carrying capacity is

Carrying capacity is represented by the letter

True or false: Primary succession is the establishment of species in lifeless areas.

Doubling time is also called the

The age structure diagram for a rapidly growing country has a

GPP is the

Parasitism is:

The overall global biodiversity is

This is a successive level of organisms that consume organisms from other levels.

NPP is the

CBR and CDR are known as

Population growth rate can be found by

An autotroph is a

List the order of the hierarchy of ecology.

Renewable resources

The relative proportion of individuals within different species in a given area is called

Which of the following were results of the Industrial Revolution?

High levels of fertilizer run off cause this to bloom.

GPP stands for

What is ZPG?

Red tide is caused by fertilizers with high levels of

The most recent extinction event, prior to the current one, was

How much energy is lost in each level of the energy pyramid?

The human population is currently

What does the demographic transition model tell us?

Population change is calculated by

The process of converting carbon dioxide into oxygen is called

There have been _______ major extinction events prior to the current one.