Unit 1
The term for the total rate of photosynthesis in a given area
What is Gross primary productivity
The term that describes the variety of life across all levels of biological organization, including species, genes, and ecosystems?
What is biodiversity
The rule of 70 can be used to determine a population’s ____.
What is doubling time.
The removal of topsoil by wind or water, often due to poor land management, is known by this term.
What is erosion
This concept describes the overuse of a shared resource due to individual self-interest.
What is the tragedy of the commons
This biome is found in shallow waters off the coastline and is earth's most biologically diverse marine biome.
What is Coral Reefs
The term for the total number of different species in a given area
What is species richness
Species that produce many offspring, mature quickly, and offer little parental care are known by this reproductive strategy.
What is r-selected species.
Earthquakes are most commonly associated with this type of plate boundary, where plates slide past each other.
What is a transform boundary
This industrial farming method involves growing a single crop over a large area.
What is monoculture
This rate of reaction can be measured in the dark by determining the amount of oxygen gas consumed in a period of time.
What is Cellular respiration
According to the theory of island biogeography, which combination leads to the greatest biodiversity on an island
What is a large island that is close to the mainland
What is the difference between generalist species and specialist species?
What is generalists use a large range of resources, while specialists have a limited range of resources they use to survive.
Volcanoes commonly form at this type of convergent boundary where one plate is forced beneath another.
What is a subduction zone
The term for the ability of a pest population to tolerate a pesticide that was previously effective in controlling it.
What is pesticide resistance
A temperate grassland biome has a gross primary productivity of 3,480 kilocalories/meter^2/year and a net primary productivity of 2,000 kilocalories/meter^2/year. Which of the following is the approximate number of kilocalories/meter^2/year available to herbivores in that biome?
What is 200 Kilocalories/meter^2/year
Which process leads to the formation of new species through genetic changes over time?
What is speciation
Based on current trends and patterns, which of the following statements best predicts how the human population will change over the next 50 years?
What is as the population density increases, there will be an increase in disease transmission, leading to increased mortality.
This term describes the area of land that drains into a common body of water, like a river or lake.
What is a watershed
This unsustainable fishing method drags nets across the ocean floor, causing habitat destruction.
What is bottom trawling
What temperatures, amount of rainfall, and consistency of sunlight yields the highest net primary productivity in a terrestrial ecosystem?
What is Warm temperatures, high rainfall, and consistent sunlight
How does habitat fragmentation typically affect species richness and genetic diversity within isolated populations?
What is it decreases both species richness and genetic diversity due to smaller population sizes and limited gene flow
In this stage of the demographic transition model, birth rates begin to decline while death rates are already low.
What is Stage 3 (Industrial)
Soil with balanced portions of sand, silt, and clay is referred to by this name and is ideal for farming.
What is loam
What agricultural practice results in soil degradation and most contributes to erosion?
What is tilling