U1: Human Pop. & E.S.
Give an example of one non-renewable and one renewable resource
Answers will vary
Most of the energy from food webs and food chains come from .....
The sun
What is biodiversity?
A. The variety of different species in an area
B. The variety of DNA in a species
C. The variety of ecosystems in an area
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Eco-labeling is a simple way to:
A.Persuade the consumer to pay more for the product
B. Show the product was made in a sustainable way.
C. Reduce full-cost of product
D. Inform the consumer about the ecological dangers of the product
B. Show the product was made in a sustainable way.
A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural environment and, by extension, humans, from undesirable changes brought about by human choices
A. environmentalism
B. environmental science
C. ecosystem
D. ethics
A. Environmentalism
The amount of space, water, food, and resources it takes to maintain your lifestyle is your ecological ____________
Footprint
All food chains and food webs begin with a _______ that captures the sun's energy.
Producer
Which is true about extinction?
A. There has only been one major extinction in earth’s history
B. Species only become extinct because of overhunting by humans
C. We are currently experiencing a mass extinction on earth
D. Species that are endangered are guaranteed to become extinct and humans should not bother attempting to save them
C. We are currently experiencing a mass extinction on earth
For a company that produces furniture, the physical chairs would be considered which type of capital?
A. Natural capital
B. Human Capital
C. Manufactured Capital
C. Manufactured capital
The point where the supply curve meets the demand curve is called what?
A. The match point
B. The market price point
C. The price balance point
D. The equilibrium point
D. The equilibrium point
Human population growth demonstrates which type of population growth curve:
Exponential (J)
Logistical (S)
Exponential (J)
The maximum number of species an ecosystem can support before permanently damaging the ecosystem is the ____________ ____________
Carrying Capacity
An ecosystem is said to be ____________ if it has enough biodiversity to recover from major disturbances.
A. At capacity
B. Resilient
C. Logistical
D. Exponential
B. Resilient
For a company that produces furniture, the labor of the people working for the company and building the furniture would be considered which type of capital?
A. Natural capital
B. Human Capital
C. Manufactured Capital
B. Human Capital
Draw one food chain with 4 organisms.
Will vary
What is one factor that determines a population's growth rate and size?
Birth, Death, Emigration, and Immigration.
Job or functional role in the environment.
The biggest threat to biodiversity is..
Habitat Fragmentation
For a company that produces furniture, the lumber that they use to produce the chairs would be...
A. Natural capital
B. Human Capital
C. Manufactured Capital
A. Natural capital
One method for saving endangered species includes...
Cloning, protecting hotspots, zoos, captive breeding, crossfostering, listing on the ESA list, etc.
When people make greedy decisions about resource use because they believe that if they don't use the resources someone else will. This leads to the resource being lost/over exploited and is called ________ of the ________
Tragedy of the Commons
The maximum rate a population can grow under ideal conditions with maximum birth rates and minimum death rates
A. Carrying capacity
B. Environmental resistance
C. Biotic potential
D. Exponential potential
C. Biotic Potential
One reason Invasive Species are so successful...
Reproduce quickly
Eat anything
Few competitors
Can outcompete native species
One harmful economic assumption is that resources...
A. Are unlimited
B. Are limited
C. Are of no consequence
A. Are unlimited
Suppose that a country has a birth rate of 3.6% and a death rate of 2.1%.
Is the population growing or shrinking? How do you know?
Growing, more births than deaths.