Natural Resources
Population
Food Web
100
Would a sustainable practice such as creating more wind farms result in a reduction of fossil fuel use?
What is yes
100
The Serengeti plains are part of the African savanna ecosystem and are home to a variety of different species of plants and animals. The Serengeti plains experience a seven-month period of seasonal drought each year, during which the ecosystem receives only four inches of rain and the availability of some resources becomes very scarce. Which type of limiting factors does the seasonal drought in the Serengeti plains affect?
What are density independent factors?
100
What would happen to the size of the carnivore population if the herbivore population increased?
What is it would increase?
200
An ecosystem has experienced a flood. Which type of plants would you expect to see growing first after the flood?
What is small annual plants?
200
Which method to determine population size is the least invasive?
What is indirect observation?
200
What organism obtains its energy exclusively from dead or decaying matter? Hint: It starts with the letter b.
What is bacteria?
300
A researcher is studying the impact of different community activities on natural resources. When humans use alternative water sources for nondrinking functions, will it have a little or great impact on our natural resources?
What is great impact?
300
What determines carrying capacity?
What is limiting factors?
300
What is the difference between food chains and food webs?
What is Food chains show a single path of energy in an ecosystem, and food webs show all the overlapping food chains in that ecosystem?
400
What gas is produced from sewage treatment?
What is nitrous oxide?
400
There are approximately 30,000,000 white-tailed deer in the United States, which covers 3,536,000 square miles. What is the population density, rounded to the nearest whole number, for the white-tailed deer?
What is 8 deer per square mile?
400
The map shows the distribution of wild boars in the United States. Wild boars are an invasive species to the United States. What can you conclude about wild boars and climate based on the evidence provided?
What is wild boars have established successfully in areas with warm climates?
500
A hunter illegally kills a wolf in Yellowstone National Park and attempts to bring the wolf's skull back to Florida. Which law is the hunter violating?
What is the Lacey Act?
500
A trout population grew from 4 in 1992 to 16 in 1993 and then to 64 in 1994. If it continued to grow exponentially, approximately how many trout were there in 1995?
What is 256?
500
A grass starts with 30,000 kJ of energy. How much energy would a cheetah acquire after it ate a zebra that consumed the grass?
What is 300 kJ?