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100
Exponential growth when plotted on a graph is shaped like a(n)
What is a J curve
100

The percentage of energy which does not move on to the next trophic level

What is 90%

100

What does VOC stand for?

What is volatile organic compound?

100
Any significant amount of water gathered in the ground.
What is an aquifer
100

What MAIN primary pollutant does coal emit?

SOx

200

The equation for % growth rate is...

What is Δ N/N x 100

200
the way two organisms of different species biologically interact in a relationship in which each individual derives a fitness benefit, example is a remora and a shark
What is mutualism
200

What is the formula for the production of ozone during photochemical smog?

NOx + VOCs + sunlight

200

Overpumping of groundwater near the ocean causes salt water to enter an aquifer, increasing salinity.

What is saltwater intrusion?

200

The primary producers responsible for up to 70% of primary productivity near the ocean surface are

What is phytoplankton

300

What is the global replacement rate?

What is 2.1?

300

An inherited characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment

What is an adaptation

300

What is a main source of NOx

What is car exhaust?

300
The largest of four, this ocean contains more than one-half the earth's water and covers one-third of the earth's surface.
What is Pacific
300

What is a species' "way of life"? It contains the full set of conditions, resources, and interactions it needs (or can make use of

What is niche?

400
If the population of a country grows at a rate of approximately 5 percent per year, the number of years required for the population to double is closest to
What is 14 years.
400

Example of an ecosystem with the highest net primary productivity

What is the tropical rainforest

400

Define the Montreal Protocol.

a landmark international agreement signed in 1987 to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) like CFCs

400

Name three of the give categories of water treatment in a water treatment facility

What is screening, primary treatment, secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, and chlorine

400

The primary source of energy

What is the sun

500
If a city of population 10,000 experiences 100 births, 30 deaths, 10 immigrants, and 20 emigrants in the course of a year, what is its net annual percentage growth rate?
What is 0.6%.
500

What are two factors that effect island biogeography?

What are island's size and distance from a mainland 

500

What is the term for the dose of acute toxicity that, when administered, is expected to kill 50% of a population of test animals within a specified time  

What is LD 50 (Median Lethal Dose)

500

What is the upper most layer of an aquatic ecosystem called?

What is the limnetic zone?

500

What is the most dangerous mining technique? Answer with 2 reasons why

What is subsurface mining?