Biodiversity
Energy
Water Pollution
Ecology
Numbers Are Hard
100

The variety of life forms commonly expressed as the number of species or the number of genetic types in an area

What is biological diversity

100

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

What is first law of thermodynamics

100

The amount of oxygen required for biochemical decomposition process

What is BOD (Biochemical oxygen demand)

100

Providing assiatance to the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

What is ecological restoration

100

How many seconds are in 3 years?

What is 9.461 x 107?

200

All individuals that are capable of interbreeding

What is a species

200

When you use energy you lower its quality

What is second law of thermodynamics

200

The process by which a body of water develops a high concentration of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

What is eutrophication

200

The application of science to the management process

What is adaptive management

200

A population of deer had 415 individuals. If the population grows by 20% in one year, how many deer will there be the next year?

What is 508 deer?

300

The change in inherited characteristics of a population from generation to generation.

What is biological evolution

300

Using less energy and adjusting our needs and uses to minimize the amount of high-quality energy necessary for a given task.

What is conservation

300

Water from high concentration of sulfuric acid drains from mines

What is acid mine drainage

300

Ecological succession can aid in the restoration

What is reclamation

300

One year I had 143 AP Environmental Science students and the next year I had 118 Environmental Science students. What percentage did the population of APES students decrease by? (round to the nearest tenth)

What is 17.4%?

400

The process of increasing the proportion of offspring.

What is natural selection

400

Smaller distributed systems for production of electricity.

What is micropower

400

Emerging bio engineering technology to treat urban runoff before it reaches streams, lakes or the ocean

What is urban runoff naturalization

400

The number of individuals that can be sustained in an open area

What is carrying capacity

400

Electricity costs 7 cents per kilowatt hour. In one month, one home uses 1.8 megawatt hours of electricity.How much will the electric bill be? 

What is $126?

500
Supports those who argue that there should only be a few species
What is competitive exclusion principle
500

Provides reliable sources of energy, would not destroy or seriously harm our global environments, and would help ensure future generations inherit a quality environment with a fair share of Earth's resources.

What is sustainable energy development

500

Can be inadvertent, indirect, or direct and results when water is withdrawn treated, used, and returned to the environment

What is water use

500

Global commons such as atmosphere and oceans are used by all and owned by none

What is the tragedy of the commons