1.1 Continents & Oceans/ 1.2 Country classification by income level
Name the 5 oceans in order of largest to smallest
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
Define sustainability
the ability to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Name the stage of the water cycle where water randomly moves through the soil
Throughflow
Name the general term for organisms found at the bottom of all trophic pyramids
Autotrophs/producers (photoautotrophs do photosynthesis, chemoautotrophs do chemosynthesis)
Name the interaction between two organisms of the same species fighting for the same resources
Intraspecific competition
Name the 7 continents
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica
Define a renewable resource
Any resource that can be replenished within a lifetime (if used sustainably)
Increased through-fall & evaporation directly from leaves/buildings
What happens to the energy between trophic levels? How much is lost?
90% lost as heat (metabolism) or waste
How is grazing different than predation?
Grazing - herbivores/omnivores eating off of multiple "victims" not in an attempt to kill them.
Predation - act of hunting, capturing, and killing an organism of another species for food
Name 3 characteristics of a high-income country
1. Reliable access to clean water
2. Access to cheap raw materials
3. Low rates of emigration
4. Generally stable governments
Define a nonrenewable resource
Any resource that cannot be replenished within a lifetime
Which layer of the atmosphere are we in now?
Trophosphere
How would I classify an organism that eats a tertiary consumer?
Quaternary consumer
Name the type of symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is harmed
Parasitism
Name 3 characteristics of low-income countries
1. Unreliable access to clean water/infrastructure
2. Generally unstable governments
3. High rates of emigration
4. Lack of industry
What can make a renewable resource nonrenewable?
Name the layer of the atmosphere where the ozone layer resides.
Stratosphere
Name 3 biotic & 3 abiotic factors in an ecosystem
Biotic (living) - animals, plants, bacteria, competition, symbiosis, mating rituals, etc
Abiotic (nonliving) - sediment, climate, weather, water, sunlight, gasses, etc.
Which portion of the carbon cycle removes CO2 directly from the air (fixation)?
Photosynthesis
Name one environmental factor that contributes to the prevalence of low-income countries in sub-saharan Africa & southeast Asia
Natural disasters, disease, dangerous flora/fauna, parasites, or other acceptable answers
Name 3 renewable and 3 nonrenewable resources
Renewable - trees, sun, water, soil
Nonrenewable - fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas), metals, uranium
Why does global warming affect the troposphere?
Most of the greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are trapped in the troposphere due to the carbon cycle, this is also where water vapor is present most.
Why are there less biomass at the top of the trophic pyramid than at the bottom?
There is less energy available.
Show one path of the carbon cycle where carbon has been removed from the atmosphere at the beginning and returned at the end.
Variable answers