Midterm Review - Ch. 1-8,11, 22

Which of the following would decrease the likelihood of a couple having a child?

Which of the following statements does not apply to the second law of energy?

All of the following are causes of key environmental problems EXCEPT

To calculate population change, which formula would you use?

The primary reason why southern sea otter recovery is important is

The nutrient loading of phosphates and nitrates into waterways is responsible for all EXCEPT

Which of the cycles does NOT include an atmospheric component?

Much of Earth's sulfur is stored in

Which of these best describes the conditions in the abyssal zone?

occurs when two different populations of species interact and change over a long period of time

Which of the following examples represents secondary succession?

Species like the zebra mussel that take over niches from local species and modify ecosystems

Problems associated with rapid population decline include all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following is an example of a density-dependent population control?

What percent of the kilocalories is transferred from level 2 to 3?

the relationship between a pollinating honey bee and an almond tree

Which of the following is not an advantage of urban living?

The maximum population of a given species that a particular habitat can sustain indefinitely

A fish that is tolerant of very cold water would live in this river zone

nitrate and phosphate concentrations have greatly increased in chesapeake bay resulting in

Shows a declining population

Which of the following has not been a major factor promoting urban sprawl in the U.S.?

widely scattered clumps of trees, warm temps year round, herds of herbivores

The rainshadow effect refers to

The depletion of the world's marine fish stocks due to overfishing is an example of:

A town of 3500 people had 98 births and 63 deaths this year. What is the growth rate?

The first law of thermodynamics tells us that

Point sources of pollution

The ecological niche includes all of the following except

marine sanctuaries which are partially protected from human activities

Which is an ecological service provided by coral reefs?

This zone will absorb and slow the velocity of floodwaters from storms, cyclones, and tsunamis

The form of nitrogen most usable to plants is

Which of the following factors does not affect birth and fertility rates?

Demographic transition may be hindered in some developing countries by all of these EXCEPT

shows zero or stable population growth

used to capture schools of fish such as tuna by surrounding them with a net and enclosing it

What is the population density of a country with 12 mill. people and 4 mill. hectares of land?

A population of 20,000 deer are living in an area that is 5,000 km2. The population density is

Which country has a strong likelihood of rapid population growth?

Which of the following is an example of primary succession?

Resource partitioning might include species doing all of these EXCEPT

A major source of freshwater and fish, ocean going vessels have spread over 100 invasives

Based on the theory of island biogeography, what factors most affect immigration and extinction

A species with a broad niche is considered a(n)

All of these are environmental impacts of urban sprawl EXCEPT

It is estimated that sea level has risen 10-25 cm in the last 100 yrs, this is caused by

Exponential growth followed by a steady decrease and leveling off of population growth

Cities generate large amounts of heat because of factories, cars, lights, etc.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of habitat loss in marine areas

hanging vertical nets in the water column with buoys to catch fish by the gills

The Law of Conservation of Matter says

is facing a reduction in biodiversity due to introduction of nile perch and algal blooms

most inland wetlands have been lost due to

Which factor determines the major type of organisms found in aquatic life zones

All of the following are true of El Nino (ENSO) EXCEPT

treeless, bitterly cold most of the year, low-growing plants, permafrost

All of the following are true of nonrenewable resources EXCEPT

The greatest threat to aquatic biodversity is

Humans intervene in the nitrogen cycle in all the following ways EXCEPT

Clearing a tropical rainforest for farming and ranching is not a good option because

Organisms that complete the final breakdown and recycling of organic materials from dead stuff

a dolphin uses echo-location to capture fish outside the reef

Which of the following best describes human population growth?

Which of the following is true of demog. transition as countries become more industrialized?

Which is not a characteristic of smart growth?

The primary way humans intervene in the sulfur cycle is

The land area that delivers runoff, sediment, and dissolved substances to a stream is a

All of the following are major human activities that affect freshwater systems EXCEPT

Mahogany and la Ceiba trees both reaching for limited light in a rainforest canopy

Which of the following is the big disadvantage to living in a chaparral region?

All of the following ways would help to reduce our projected ecological footprint EXCEPT

Which area would have the greatest biodiversity?

in which stage do both birth and death rates drop and population growth slows

Both saltwater and freshwater environments have weakly swimming, free floating organisms called

Policy allowing destruction of existing wetlands as long as an equal area/same type is created

A country with a CBR of 36 and CDR of 24 will be growing at what percent per year?

The "Tragedy of the Commons" refers to the overuse of

species that are especially sensitive to changes in their environment and act as a bellringer

Humans interfere in the phosphorus cycle in all the following ways EXCEPT

photosynthesis in the ocean is limited to this upper layer where light can penetrate

The most populous country in the world is

Major water diversion projects for growing cities and farmland have caused drying out of this

Which of these is NOT an ecological service of inland wetlands?

A population which is growing at a rate of 4% per year will double its population in

If grass stores 1000kcal and passes from a cow to a human, how much energy does the human get?

A positive feedback loop is illustrated by all of the following except

a hawk which uses the crown of an oak tree as a site to build a nest

dragging of a weighted, funnel-shaped net along the bottom to capture species that live there

A lake with excessive nutrients from human activities such as runoff from agricultural land 

organisms in this ocean life zone include trees adapted to grow in salt water