There's TOO MANY PEOPLE
A post-industrial nation would expect to see their population ________ over time
Decrease
GMO is short for what?
Genetically Modified Organism
41% of farmland in the United States is used to grow food to feed what livestock animal?
Cows
The number of different species within an ecosystem would be known as what?
Biodiversity
What room number are we currently in?
A nation beginning to industrialize would have a population pyramid in what shape?
Triangle
The process of more poison or pesticides building up in animals of higher tropic levels is known as what?
Biomagnification / bioaccumulation
What are two downsides to a CAFO farm?
Diseases spread / Air and water pollution increase / animals more stressed / ethical concerns
A dung beetle would belong to which trophic category?
Decomposer
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field, meaning that it...?
Contains many science and non-science fields of study
The average life expectancy increased after the industrial revolution increases due to an improvement in the _________ rate
Infant mortality
The layers of dirt, distinguished by sediment thickness and biomass, are called what?
Horizons
The practice of attached labels or buzzwords to food to make it sound more "natural" is known as what?
Greenwashing
Gasoline used to power cars contains what kind of energy?
Potential
Flying squirrels and sugar gliders have similar body designs with flaps of skin under their arms and legs to help them glide slowly between trees. However, they live on different continents and are not closely related. This is an example of what kind of evolution?
Convergent
Humans first developed agriculture in the Middle East in an area known as the what?
Fertile Crescent
What are two biotic factors that led to the Dust Bowl?
Overpopulation of rabbits / native prarie grass destruction / monoculture crops / overgrazing by livestock
Cattle may be injected with __________________, which are chemicals produced in the body to stimulate certain cells and tissues. This improves their growth rate.
Hormones
Where did Dr. Reinecke go to undergrad?
Brown University
What did Dr. Reinecke get his PhD in?
Evolutionary Biology
In the early 1960s, the human population reached its peak growth rate of about 2% per year. How long would it have taken for the population to double in size if it continued at that rate?
35 years
A sample of dirt is made up of 35% clay, 40% silt and 25% sand. What kind of dirt is it?
Clay Loam
A cattle farmer leases several acres of grassland from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that naturally contains plants ideal for his animals to graze on. What is this land called?
Public Rangeland
1/4th of all animals belong to this group
Beetles
The majority of conversion of nitrogen from N2 to NH4 to NO3/NO2 and back to N2 is the result of what group of organisms?
Bacteria