Apes

General Apes

100

all biomass get its energy from the

sun

200

What is the main element that causes eutrophication

What is Phosphorus

300

the amount of a chemical that kills 50% of the animals in a test population

What is LD-50

400

number one waste in landfills based on weight

What is paper and cardboard

500

to find the doubling time you must divide by

70

General Apes

100

what category is at the bottom of the food chain

producers

200

what is the world population?

8 billion

300

ocean floor where there is no light

What is abyssal zone

400

energy is created nor destroyed

What is 1st law of thermodynamics

500

the end result of eutrophication

What is hypoxia

General Apes

100

caused by a loss in habitat and over hunting

What is loss of biodiversity

200

how many people live in the united states

330 million

300

first layer of the atmosphere

What is troposphere

400

bacteria convert ammonia back into N2

What is denitrification

500

where the ozone layer is found

What is stratosphere

General Apes

100

what percent of energy from the sun is used during photosynthesis

1%

200

How much insolation an object reflects.

Albedo

300

How cloudy water is

What is turbidity

400

Name 4 atmospheric pollutants

NOx, SOx, Radon, Lead, CO, PM, Ozone

500

the number of different species found in a particular area

What is species richness

General Apes

100

True or false the phosphorus cycle has no gas phase

true

200

The force responsible for the deflection of air masses in the Northern Hemisphere to the right.

What is the Coriolis force

300

A shallow region on the edge of a lake with emergent plants.

What is littoral zone

400

Give an example of a regulating ecosystem service provided by a forest.  

Answers will vary.  Climate regulation via photosynthesis pulling CO2 out of the air is a good one.

500

naturally replenished over a human time scale

What is renewable