Unit 8 Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
Discharge from a sewage point treatment is an example of what kind of water pollution? (APES CED 165)
Point-Source
Doubling time can be approximated mathematically by
70/% growth rate
The innermost zone of Earth's interior, composed mostly of iron and nickel. It includes a liquid outer layer (APES CED 88)
Core
How are fossil fuels formed? (APES CED 132)
Fossil fuels are derived from biological material that became fossilized million of years ago.
Which Biome has the Greatest Biodiversity? (APES CED 45)
Tropical Rainforest
Excess nutrients from human activities that make their way into waterbodies that causes nutrient pollution that alters food webs and harms water quality is known as what? (APES CED 170)
Eutrophication
An estimate of the average number of children that each woman in a population will bear throughout her childbearing years.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
An area below the ocean where tectonic plates move away from each other is knows as (APES CED 88)
Divergent Boundary
The Largest source of energy for electricity in the United States is (APES CED 130)
Coal
Which Biome is characterized by permafrost? (APES CED 46)
Tundra
Occurs when humans cause a substantial change in the temperature of a water body. (APES CED 171)
Thermal Pollution
The J-shaped population curve is a classic representation of?
Exponential growth
The Formula for plate movement is (APES CED 88)
time= distance divided by rate
Travelling alone in a car uses 3.6 megajoules (MJ) of energy per kilometer. If four people go on a trip of 400 miles, how many MJS are used per person? (1.609 kilometers=1 mile)
Approximately 580 MJ
Which cycle does not have a major atmospheric component? (APES CED 49)
Phosphorous Cycle
The increase in chemical interaction in animal tissues as the chemical moves up the food chain. (APES CED 173)
Biomagnification
What is are the indicator that TFR is influenced by?(APES CED 79)
Social and Cultural factors such as marriage, opportunities for education and work available to women
How far will a plate travel in 60,000 years if it moves at a net rate of 25 mm/year?
1,500 m
Which Fossil Fuel is mainly made of methane? (APES CED 135)
Natural Gas
Burning Fossil Fuels mainly affect which cycle? (APES CED 64)
Carbon Cycle
The selective absorption and concentration of a chemical within an organism over time. (APES CED 173)
Bioaccumulation
In Vietnam, there were 16 births and 6 deaths out of every 100 people in the year 2011. Using the rule of 70, estimate the doubling time for Vietnamese Population.
7 years
The Layer of earth located in the outer part of the mantle, composed of semi-molten rock is known as (APES CED 88)
Asthenosphere
Another name for Petroleum is known as (APES CED 135)
Crude oil
A Factory releases 250 tons of carbon dioxide each year. How much carbon dioxide will it release in 4 years? (APES CED 64)
1,000