Download Environmental Science Final Exam Review Sheet

Environmental Science Final Exam Review Sheet
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What exotic species was introduced into the Great Lakes that has
caused $5 billion in damage?
What compound breaks down ozone? (what is causing the hole in
the ozone layer)?
What is the main cause of increased carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere?
What does carbon dioxide have to do with global warming?
Define desertification.
What is the energy source for photosynthesis?
Define ecosystem.
Define eutrophication.
Define theory.
Define niche.
Define abiotic.
Write the equation for photosynthesis.
Define entropy.
Define producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, decomposer,
scavenger, and omnivore, and provide an example of each.
What is the percentage of energy passed at each level of the food
chain.
What is the base of the food chain in aquatic ecosystems?
Describe the 3 layers of the earth.
Define keystone species.
List three types of alternate energy sources.
Define symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism and provide
examples of each.
What biome has the greatest biodiversity?
List 3 ways in which prey protect themselves from predation.
What organisms are first to colonize in primary succession?
Where does primary succession occur?
List the 4 major biogeochemical cycles important in sustaining life.
List 3 types of fossil fuels.
What compounds do organisms make from nitrogen?
Draw the nitrogen cycle.
Why do we have seasons?
What are the functions of earth’s atmosphere?
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What process releases oxygen into the atmosphere?
What is the function of ozone?
Define total fertility rate.
Define watershed.
Describe the different water problems in the eastern and western
U.S.
What use (irrigation, residences, industry) consumes the most
freshwater.
In which biome are you likely to find fire adapted species?
What are the characteristics of headwater stream in mountains?
Define permafrost.
Define exponential growth.
Define environmental resistance.
Define biomagnification.
Describe the three survivorship curves and provide an example of
an organism that exhibits each.
List 3 types of plants that have a symbiotic relationship with
nitrogen fixing bacteria.
What is the world’s population?
What is the leading cause of species extinction?
What type of soil is an equal mix on sand, silt, and clay?
What are some of the functions that bacteria carry out in the
ecosystem?
Name the layers of soil.
In which type of soil does water drain from the fastest?
Define renewable resource/nonrenewable resources.
Define biodiversity.
Define parent material.
What is humus?
Define turbidity.
What occurs in a nuclear meltdown?
Where was the worst nuclear disaster in history?
What toxins are released into the atmosphere when coal is
burned?
What are consequences of radiation?
What country has the world’s largest population?
What is the equation for calculating population in one year?
What social factors affect birth and fertility rates?
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Compare and contrast exponential and logisitc growth.
Compare and contrast k-strategists and r-strategists. Provide an
example of each.
What are the types of energy?
Define potential and kinetic energy.
How is soil formed?
Compare and contrast intraspecific and interspecific competition.
Define leaching.
Define native, nonnative, and indicator species. Provide one
example of each.
What major factor determines where biomes are?
What time of year do lake turnovers occur?
List three types of deciduous plants.
Define population dynamics.
What are two indicators of overall health in a country?
The industrialized country that has the highest teenage pregnancy
rate?
What are the Laws of Thermodynamics?
Compare and contrast top-down population control and bottom-up
population control.
List three density-dependent population controls.