Vocabulary
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Random
100
Area with less development and lower population like a farmland and countryside
Rural
100
Gold, fossil fuels, and oil are all
nonrenewable resources
100
True or False: Trees, beetles, and humans are all biotic
True! Plants are living!
100
What is a benefit of green building design?
save money, use less resources, less waste
100
What event occurred in 8000 BCE when humans stopped being hunter gathers and began growing their food?
Agriculture Begins
200
Diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or bacterium
Pathogen
200
Created in 1959 and signed by multiple countries to protect Antartica and its environment
Antarctic Treaty System
200
According to the graph, what are two things that release carbon into the atmosphere?
factory emission and animal respiration
200
What event occurred in the mid-1700s when people started to move to urban areas to work in factories?
Industrial revolution
200
According to the graph, what is the process called when nitrogen goes back into the atmosphere?
denitrification
300
A wolf leaves the pack and goes off by himself. What vocabulary word is this an example of?
Emigration
300
What part of the water cycle is at #4?
Precipitation
300
Which of the following graphs would match a population that has unlimited resources?
Exponential growth
300
What are two examples of a social hazard that is easy to control?
smoking, eating high fat food, not exercising
300
What is the carrying capacity of the species according to the graph below?
about 2000
400
A parking lot is built in a rural area. The grass in the area was paved over and is now solid rock. The parking lot becomes abandoned and lichens and moss begin growing back on the pavement. What type of succession is likely to occur?
Primary succession because it starts with bare rock
400
Why do some companies not want environmental laws in place?
Protecting the environment is expensive and they want to save money
400
A toad is introduced to a new area. The toad begins eating the plants that the native frogs eat. The toad population begins to grow rapidly, using more of the frogs food. What type of species is the toad and will the native frog population increase or decrease?
Invasive species. Native frog population will decrease
400
what type of hazard is carbon monoxide and where does it come from?
chemical hazard and heater or car engine running
400
The number of cars on the road has increased in recent years. This is causing more carbon to be released into the atmosphere. What is a negative consequence of more carbon in the atmosphere?
global warming
500
What is the definition of natural selection?
Animals that are best fit for their environment survive and reproduce passing on their traits to the next generation
500
A fishing village had no laws in place for fishing. The fisherman went out and caught as many fish as they wanted. After 5 years, the lake had almost no fish left. What is this an example of?
Tragedy of the commons
500
In Africa, sickle cell trait represents 25% of the population. However, in the rest of the world, the trait only represents around 5% of the population. Sickle cell trait allows humans to better fight and survive Malaria, which is a disease that kills millions of people a year. Malaria is a common disease in Africa, but it is not common in other parts of the world. What vocabulary word best explains why sickle cell trait is common in Africa?
Natural selection because sickle trait helps people survive malaria better and they pass that trait to their offspring
500
The music city green roof has a water tank that collects water. List two things they do with that water and why is it beneficial?
flush the toilets and water the plants in the area. saves water
500
Keystone species are always predators and all predators in the ecosystem are a keystone species. Predators eat animals that eat plants. Without the predators, the plants would be overgrazed and the ecosystem would begin to fall apart.
Why is the statement above false?
Keystone species are not always predators. A keystone species has an effect on the entire ecosystem