APES UNIT 3 CHAPTER 1 & 3

1-1

100

3 goals of environmental science 

learn how life has survived and thrived 

how we interact with the enviroment

how we can live more sustainability 

200

Define a ecosystem 

A set of organisms within a defined area of volume that interact with living and nonliving parts of environment 

300

Main difference between environmental science and environmentalism 

environmentalism is a social movement practiced in political arenas 

400

3 types of natural resources 

inexhaustible, renewable, nonrenewable 

500

give an example of each type of natural resource 

sun or wind (inexhaustible)

air, water, plants, or animals (renewable)

oil or coal (nonrenewable)

1-2

100

define pollution 

contamination of the environment by a chemical or other agents such as noise or heat to a level that is harmful

200

2 types of pollutants 

point source 

non point source 

300

give an example of a point source and nonpoint source 

smokestack or drainpipe (point source)

pesticides or fertilizers (nonpoint source)

400

2 methods we have tried to deal with pollution and examples of each 

make higher smokestacks (pollution clean up)

pollution control laws (pollution prevention)

500

define tragedy of the commons and give 2 solutions 

tragedy of the commons is the degrading commonly shared renewable resources 

1. use shared open-access renewable resources at a rate well below the estimated sustainable yield by using less, regulating access, laws and regulation 

2.convert sheared renewable resources to private ownership 

1-3/4

100

list 3 out of 5 reasons why we have environmental problems 

1. population growth

2. wasteful and unsustainable resource use 

3. poverty

4. failure to include harmful environmental costs of goods 

5. increasing isolation from nature 

200

define affluence 

we can obtain resources from almost anywhere in the world 

300

describe natural income and give example 

natural income is renewable resource provided by natural capitol

 pants, animas, soil, or clear air

400

name describe one environmental worldview

planetary management worldview- we are separate and in charge of nature and nature exists for our needs 

stewardship worldview- we should mange the earth for our benefit and we have ethical responsibility to be responsible managers of the earth 

environmental wisdom worldview- we are apart of and dependent on nature and life's support system exists for all species, not just us

500

what country is carbon negative (hint: B----N)

Bhutan

3-1/2

100

list the 4 main spherical systems 

atmostphere

hydrosphere

geosphere

biosphere

200

describe a tropic level 

the "feeding" level an organism 

300

list 3 out of 5 types of consumers 

1.carnivore

2.omnivore

3.detritivore

4.herbivore

5.decomposer

400

name the type of consumer responsible for the fact that there is little waste in nature 

and name the species that is the one exception to this natural process 

Decomposers 

Humans 

500

give the chemical equation for aerobic respiration 

C₆H₁₂O₆+6O_{2 -->} 6CO₂+6H₂O+Energy 

(glucose+oxygen--> carbon dioxide+water+energy)

3-3/4

100

----- is the dry weight of all living organisms that can can be supported at each trophic level in a food chain or web 

biomass

200

What part of earth holds the most biomass 

Oceans

300

list 3 of 5 nutrient cycles 

1.phosphorus cycle

2. nitrogen cycle

3. sulfur cycle

4. hydrologic cycle

5. carbon cycle

400

describe the difference between GPP and NPP

GPP-rate at which an ecosystems producers convert solar energy into chemical energy in form of biomass

NPP-rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus the rate at which they use some of this stored chemical energy through aerobic respiration 

500

give the other name for earths nutrient cycles 

(hint: B------------- Cycles )

biogeochemical