Our Environment and Ecosystems
Environment Through Time
Environmental Problems
Evolution
Diversity of Living Things
100
What is the definition for all organisms living in an area together with their physical environment?
What is an ecosystem
100
Which group gets their food by collecting plants and hunting wild animals?
What is hunter-gatherers
100
Why does population growth become an environmental problem
What is Answers may vary.
100
Who proposed the idea of evolution?
Who is Charles Darwin
100
What are extremely small, single-celled organisms that usually have a cell wall and reproduce by cell division?
What is Bacteria
200
What is the study of the impact of humans on the environment?
What is environmental science
200
Which revolution changed the food we eat, domesticated plants and animals, but also destroyed forests and wetlands?
What is agriculture revolution
200
Explain and give an example of renewable and nonrenewable resources.
What is renewable--can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes (energy from sun, water, wood, soil, air) Nonrenewable--form at much slower rates than they are consumed (metals, fossil fuels, copper, aluminum, salt, sand, clay, copper)
200
Explain and give an example of coevolution
What is the process of two species evolving in response to long-term interaction with each other. Ex: Hawaiian honeycreeper and flower
200
What are the two types of Bacteria?
What is Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
300
Name three major fields of study that contribute to environmental science.
What is biology, zoology, botany, microbiology, ecology, geology, paleontology, climatology, hydrology, engineering, physics, chemistry, social sciences, biochemistry, anthropology, sociology, and earth science.
300
Which group through time may have cause the extinction of giant bison, giant sloths, mastodons, and cave bears?
What is hunter-gatherers
300
What are the two types of pollutants and give an example of each.
What is biodegradable--pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes (sewage, food, newspaper) Nondegradable--pollutants that cannot be broken down by natural processes (mercury, lead, plastic)
300
Name three of the five components to evolution by natural selection
What is 1) Organisms produce more offspring than can survive. 2) The environment is hostile and contains limited resources 3) Organisms differ in the traits they have 4) Some inherited traits provide organisms with an advantage 5) Each generation contains proportionately more organisms with advantageous traits
300
Give two examples of a protist
What is Plasmodium, amoebas, diatoms, kelp
400
Describe the difference between biotic and abiotic. Give an example for each.
What is biotic--comes from living things. Abiotic--does not come from living things. Answers may vary.
400
This time in history led to goods being less expensive, reduced amount of labor, and led to positive changes like electricity, sanitation, nutrition, and medical care
What is Industrial Revolution
400
What does HIPPO stand for?
What is Habitat Destruction Invasive Species Pollution Population Growth Overexploitation
400
Explain resistance and give an example
What is the ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent. Answers may vary.
400
What is a "lower plant" and give an example
What is the first land plants that had no vascular tissue or swimming sperm. They lived in damp places and couldn't grow large. Ex: ferns and club mosses
500
List and describe the components of an ecosystem from the smallest/most single component to largest/broadest component.
What is Organism--an individual living thing Population--all the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time Community--a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other Ecosystem--all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment Biosphere--where all life exists on Earth
500
Why was the Industrial Revolution the harshest on the environment?
What is Answers may vary. Pollution Artificial substances Plastics Pesticides Population Growth
500
What is a risk assessment, and why is it important for the public to perceive the risk accurately?
What is one tool that helps us create cost-effective ways to protect our health and the environment. Answers may vary.
500
How is artificial selection and adaptation different? Give examples.
What is Adaptation--the process of becoming adapted to an environment. Can be anatomical, physiological, or behavioral. Artificial Selection--selective breeding of organisms, by humans, for specific desirable characteristics. Examples may vary
500
Name all six kingdoms and give and example of each
What is Arachebacteria, Eubacteria, Fungi, Protists, Plants, Animals Examples may vary
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