Unit 1
The five main oceans.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern oceans?
Systematic approach used by scientists to investigate the natural world.
What is the scientific method?
Average measurement of the number of organisms
in a given area.
What is population density?
Ecological community or ecosystem type.
What is a biome?
Formed by the remains of plants and animals.
What are fossil fuels?
To meet the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to do the same.
What is sustainability?
Sampling method best used for collecting small invertebrates and aquatic creatures
Kick Sampling
Policies that discourage childbirth
What are anti-natalist policies?
The most biodiverse biome
What is Tropical Rainforest
What is intra-specific competition?
Competition between individuals of the same species
The four layers of the atmosphere.
What are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere?
What is Lincoln Index used to measure?
Average population of a species in an area
Policies promoting childbirth.
What are pronatalist policies?
What is one benefit of conserving biodiversity?
Maintaining genetic diversity
Maintaining food resources
Maintaining medicinal benefits
Cultural and Recreational value
What does a species EDGE score measure?
How vulnerable to extinction a species is
The formula for aerobic respiration.
What is C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H20?
What is Simpsons index used to measure?
Relative biodiversity of an ecosystem
Involves the study of how populations change in size and structure over time.
What are population dynamics?
What does CITES stand for?
Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species
Reliable availability of energy sources at an affordable price, taking sustainability into account.
What is energy security?
When precipitation hits leaves before it hits the ground
What is Interception?
Which sampling method is used to find data for Lincoln Index?
Capture - mark - recapture
What is the formula for population dependency ratio?
(People ages 0-14 + People ages 64+)
________________________________ x100
(People age 15-63)
What is the goal of the EU CFP (European Union Common Fisheries Policy)
Set rules and regulations for fishing fleets in European waters
What are 2 abiotic factors that effect an ecosystem?
Oxygen, pH, Temperature, Salinity, Light