Most of today's environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history?
What is Industrial Revolution?
100
Why are mathematical models important?
What is "they are especially useful in situations with many variables?"
100
Name two organisms that are considered lower plants.
What are ferns and mosses?
100
Which organism would occupy the level on an energy pyramid with the most energy? (bird, carrot, bobcat, grasshopper)
What is the carrot?
100
The initial source of food in most oceans and freshwater ecosystems are what? Name 3 choices.
What is phytoplankton, protists, and algae?
200
Using economic consideration of resource use, the law of supply and demand describes what concept?
What is relationship between the availability and the worth of resources?
200
A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it does what?
What is make logical sense?
200
Which kingdom includes algae?
What is Protists?
200
Which large reservoir of nitrogen is unusable by most organisms?
What is the atmosphere?
200
Which of the following are vertebrates? (worms, clams, frogs, worms?
What is frogs?
300
Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" essay addresses the conflists associated with what environmental challenge?
What is protecting shared resources?
300
Which of the models would you use to represent the shape of Earth's surface beneath the oceans?
What is graphical?
300
Which two kingdoms contain organisms that break down dead organisms?
What are eubacteria and fungi?
300
What term is used to describe a linear sequence in which energy is transmitted from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism?
What is a food chain?
300
In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly?
What is Kenya?
400
How are species lost to extinction through human activities? Give 3 answers.
What is destroying habitats, pollution, and over-hunting?
400
Give an example of a mathematical model.
What is an equation?
400
Many angiosperms depend on animals for what?
What is pollinating their flowers and distributing their seeds?
400
The energy consumed by organisms usually... what?
What is can be stored in fat and sugar molecules?
400
When you ask the question, " If a marsh is included as part of a nature preserve, will it help protect our water resources?" you are considering which type of values?
What is environmental?
500
List three human activities that affect the environment.
What is pollution, resource depletion, and loss of biodiversity?
500
The three finals steps of the experimental method in their correct are what?
What is drawing conclusions, repeating experiments, and communicating results?
500
Pine trees and other conifers are classified as _____ because they are woody plants whose seeds are not enclosed in fruits.
What are gymnosperms?
500
Which of the following plants makes up a pioneer species? (oak tree, grass, lichen, scrub)
What is lichen?
500
In the carbon cycle, where do the producers get their carbon?