Final Exam Review

Earth's surface water is found in:

Two diseases that can be caused by pollution are:

Example of a population is:

Which gas makes up 78% of atmosphere, but can only be used after transformed by bacteria?

The major human causes of extinction today are:

Genetic engineering of food crops

"Tragedy of the Commons" describes conflict between:

The major atmospheric by-product of photosynthesis is:

A population pyramid is created by:

Heterotrophs get energy:

Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers?

The primary producers in a grassland ecosystem would most likely be:

Which is not a threat to biodiversity?

Which organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain?

Biodiversity is:

Pollutants produced by burning coal include:

The average global temperature has ______ during 20th century:

The extinction of species:

Which is a nonpoint-source pollution?

Which of the following is a developing nation?

Which of the following best describers a population?

Most of today's environmental problems began during:

A group of organisms of different species living together in a particular place is called a:

The difference between a predator and parasite is that a predator:

The U.S. laws that protect endangered species:

The number of wild horses per square km in a prairie is the horse population's:

Over millions of years, plants and their pollinators have:

Climate in a region is:

Species evolving in response to other living members of their ecosystem is:

A sustainable world would be characterized by the:

Organisms are adapted to survive in particular environments. This explains why:

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are a problem because they:

The carrying capacity of an environment is determine by:

Which of the following is NOT an ecosystem

Which country is most likely to have a stable population?

What term is used to refer to many possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem?

Coal, oil, and natural gas

Which is legal under the Endangered Species Act

Most air pollution is produced by:

Air pollution is a major health problem caused by burning of fuels in:

Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean because:

Consumers are organisms that:

Which of the following best described use of renewable resource?

Things you do that contribute to a cleaner environment include:

Algae is a:

Every 2 adults has 2 offspring that live to reproduce. What happens to population after time?

Which of the following statements is not correct:

An ecological footprint is the:

Destruction of tropical rain forests:

Ecology is the study of the interaction of living organisms:

What results from the same species requiring the same food and space?

A true statement about greenhouse gases is that they:

An endangered species is:

For evolution to occur in a population, individuals w/ a trait naturally selected for must:

Each of the following is an example of a parasite except:

In scientific investigation, it is important that the number of objects being sampled is:

The total variety of living organisms in the biosphere is called:

Acid precipitation can be traced back to:

Why is wood considered a limited resource in developing countries?

The repeated movement of water between Earth's surface & atmosphere is:

Compared to developing nations, developed nations have:

Many autotrophs obtain the energy they need for metabolism through:

The density of a population is:

Major ecosystems that occur over wide areas of land are called:

Competition for food cannot occur:

The physical location of an ecosystem in which a given species lives is:

Which of the following is density-independent:

The group that does NOT receive experimental treatment in an experiment is the:

Using scientific info to help clean up a lake describes:

The increase in Earth's average temp. from CO2 building is called:

Ozone in the atmosphere:

Renewable sources of energy:

As a population reaches its carrying capacity, there is an increase in competition for:

A population of organisms grows:

Which statement best describes exponential growth?

The energy in most ecosystems comes from:

Parasites:

Plants play crucial role in carbon cycle because they:

"Tragedy of Commons" addresses conflicts associated with what environmental challenge?

Why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

The community of a pond is made up of all the:

If the supply of oil declined, and the demand remained the same:

In going from one trophic level to the next higher level:

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

During the agricultural revolution:

Food webs are more commonplace than food chains because:

Because of the Endangered Species Act, the sale of protected animals or plants is:

An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called:

The level of biodiversity that involves a variety of habitats and communities is:

Where are many critical biodiversity hotspots located?

Fungi are:

Which of the following about global warming is NOT accurate?

The relationship between a Canadian lynx and snowshoe hare is an example of:

Producer-Consumer relationship is best illustrated by a:

One of the greatest threats to biodiversity is:

Heterotrophs get energy:

Energy flows from the sun through the living world when:

Energy in fossil fuels is often converted into:

Which of the following pH measurements of rainwater would indicate acid rain?