Env. Science Semester 1 Final Exam Review

As a toxin increases its concentration when animal consumes another it is called

The fact that organisms are adapted to survive in particular environments helps to explain why

When there is a shortage of food, water, shelter, minerals, or nutrients that is called 

A clownfish and sea anemone are an example of

A tick sucks the blood out of a deer. This is an example of

Access to public water, sewage systems, roads, and hospitals all allow

An organism’s ____ includes what it eats, how many young it produces, where it finds shelter.

If an insect eats a plant, and a bird eats the insect, how much energy is stored in the insect?

An _______ is all of the organisms living in an area, and their physical environment.

A perceived fact, that may or may not be true is called a(n)

Which of the following is NOT an example of an effect of plate tectonics?

Which of the following describes the most common relationship between climate and latitude?

An area of land with a specific climate, plants, and animals is a

The study of how humans impact the environment is called

What is the ultimate reason that biodiversity is so important to ecosystems?

In which country is the average citizen likely to be using up the most natural resources?

What is a natural disaster that allows some trees to be able to release their seeds?

The maximum number of offspring a member of the population can produce is its

The ______ of a wolf would be a den in a forest.

Liberating CO₂ by burning fossil fuels in cars, factories, and homes is a way we are adding to

When remoras eat the sharks leftovers and live near/on the shark, this is an example of

An organism that produces its own energy is a(n)

Which of the following will NOT cause exponential population growth?

Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?

The streamlined body shape of a fish that swims at high speeds to catch prey is an example of 

The maximum population that an ecosystem can hold at any given time is its

The inherited change in characteristics of an organism over time is

Which of the following is NOT a way that a population can be distributed?

An endangered species is

When two continental plates come together and form a mountain range this is considered a

Because we can raise crops and animals, humans' _____ is much higher than other populations.

The current rate of species extinction is

Where might an ecologist be able to study primary succession?

An example of a population is

If the growth rate in a country is high, then the _____ and _____ are high.

The idea that people are using more resources than is reasonable is called the

Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?

The theory that Earth’s crust is broken into plates that move is called

A pine and hickory are located in the same area.  If they use the same resources they are in

Which of the following is NOT an example of a predator-prey relationship?

If an age structure diagram is smallest at the bottom it means that the population could

The large supercontinent that was believed to exist millions of years ago is

Mountain (not volcano) building events occur as a result of the convergence of

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor?

Which of the following is NOT a reason why death rates are declining throughout the world?

Carbon stored in the bodies of plants and animals is released into the atmosphere when ____.

The biggest human cause of extinction today is

Plates at divergent boundaries found in the ocean cause a phenomenon known as

A _____ is critical to the functioning of an ecosystem.

Which of the following had the greatest impact on population growth during the last 150 years?

Most organisms ultimately get their energy from the

The sphere of the Earth that contains all of the living organisms is the

Each step through which energy is transferred within a food chain is a

____ is a model that describes how economic and social changes affect population growth rates.

Plates at transform boundaries most likely experience __________.

In which country is the population most likely to be increasing the fastest?

Studying the properties of a population is called

What is the study of how living things interact with each other and their physical environment?

The passing of energy from one organism to another is called a