CEI
What are the 6 methods by which we acquire our values?
Authority, Logic, Emotions, Science, Intuition, and Senses.
What is the most common plant on Earth?
Grass.
What are detrivores?
Organisms that eat detritus, or dead organic matter and waste products such as feces, decaying flesh or plant matter, or leaf litter.
What percentage of the planet’s surface is covered by water?
71%. (Or 75)
What percentage of soil is pore space?
50%.
When did floods, blooms of algae, fish kills and a toxic aquatic organism “weave a tale of woe along the Neuse?”
1990s.
Who were the first people to utilize North American Forest?
Vikings.
What are the 5 elements necessary in a habitat?
Food, water, shelter/cover, space, arrangement.
What is an estuary?
A brackish water source important for breeding and raising young for aquatic organisms.
What are the 5 factors responsible for soil formation?
Parent Materials, Climate, Relief or Topography, Biological Factors, Time/Exposure.
What is watchdog journalism?
Journalism based off of criticizing and assessing industries, companies, and the government.
Where did they establish a logging camp?
Labrador.
What is a generalist?
An organism that can live in almost any habitat, eat a variety of foods, and can easily live in close association to people.
Humans are what percent water by volume?
70%.
What is a parent material?
The material underlying the soil (in the C horizon) from which, the soil develops(in most cases).
How old is the Neuse River Basin?
2 million years old.
Who were the first Europeans to see the original, untouched southern forests? In what year?
John Cabot and his son, 1498.
What is an indicator species?
Species that warn of problems or lack thereof in the environment.
Where is most of the freshwater on earth?
Locked in glaciers and ice caps.
Why are minerals and rocks important to soils?
They are the most abundant materials that weather or break down to form soil.
When does the Neuse River turn brackish?
New Bern.
What are naval stores?
Tar, pitch, turpentine, and rosin, which were used for repairing, waterproofing, and painting ships - used for manufacturing soaps and candles and treating cuts and bruises.
What is an endemic species?
Species that can only be found in only one area.
The study of inland water bodies, including ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands is called what?
Limnology.
The availability of nutrients depends on what?
The amount of decomposed material that remains in the soil or is removed in drainage water.