Units 1-2
What is carrying capacity?
Largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support
Which curve best represents a K-selected species?
Type I
Renewable energy source that comes from the earth
Geothermal
What does VOC stand for?
Volatile Organic Compounds
What is a greenhouse gas that only comes from human sources?
CFCs
a group of organisms that can interbreed and reproduce
The K-selection reproductive strategy maximizes survival of offspring by producing what?
A few offspring with high levels of parental care
This source is converted directly into electrical energy by photovoltaic cells
Sunlight
Which indoor pollutants can be classified as particulates?
What is the primary cause of global ocean warming?
Increased global temperature from increased greenhouse gases
A major source of dissolved Oxygen in the ocean comes from...
Photosynthesis of Plankton
Countries undergoing rapid population growth include which age structure diagram?
Broad-based pyramid
Which fuel is most likely the least expensive fuel to produce?
Coal
Which air pollutants does coal combustion release?
Carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, toxic metals, and particulates
What is the primary cause of stratospheric ozone depletion?
Increase in CFCs
The process by which a soil nutrient is reduced and released to the atmosphere as gas
denitrification
Factors that affect the total fertility rate of a human population include what?
Urbanization, importance of children as a part of the labor force
What environmental damage is caused by slash and burn farming in tropical rain forests?
Soil fertility is lost and will be ineffective for a short time period
What are oceanic dead zones?
Areas of low oxygen caused by increased nutrient pollution
What is furrow irrigation?
Large amounts of water are delivered through small, parallel channels through a field
What is biotic potential?
The maximum rate at which a population could increase under ideal conditions
What is a density-independent factor that controls population size?
Food or nutrient limitation pollutants in the environment and climate extremes
For produce to be labeled as organic in the US, the food must have been grown...
Without the use of synthetic fertilizer
Why don't POPs easily break down in the environment?
They are synthetic, carbon-based molecules
The simultaneous cultivation or exploitation of several crops or kinds of animals
Polyculture