Vocabulary
Global warming has had a drastic impact on our planet. Effects of this are already evident in our oceans, our greatest reefs and forests are all taking massive losses in diversity and livability. What might be causing this?
Ocean Acidification
The air quality of an area has taken a noticeable decline in the past five years. Which difference might be affecting the area the most?
A. A new city a few miles away
B. A recent deforestation project
C. Both A and B
D. An slight increase in mortality rate in trees after a disease struck the area.
Answer with just "A" or any other letter.
C
An increase in fossil fuel emissions has led to acidification at an accelerated and damaging rate. The small organisms that live in coral have begun to get sick. What is likely to happen to corral frame populations, will they increase or decrease?
Decrease
Humans have created many unnatural non-permeable surfaces around the world. Which level of the water cycle will this disturb the worst?
A. Precipitation
B. Groundwater
C. Neither
Answer with "A" or any letter answer.
B
A whale oil is beginning to be used for skin products in high rates, killing whale populations to almost nothing. Rate the effect this might have on the phytoplankton and small organism population
High, Medium, Low
High
An invasive species, the cane toad, has begun to overtake an ecosystem due to its low number of predators in its new environment. The process of adding or removing a species to control an area falls under:
Biomanipulation
A new highway is being paved across a long stretch of land that will require small scale deforestation and lots of pavement. It is a very wide highway meant to connect two very high traffic cities. Which aspect of the water cycle might this change affect the most?
Groundwater
A eutrophication-style event has occurred in a pond ecosystem. Which populations will likely decrease and which populations will likely increase?
Answer from these choices: Algae, Fish
Answer by the following format: Increasing: Thing 1 Decreasing: Thing 2
Exactly one space between your first thing and decreasing. Exactly one space between your colon and your choice.
Increasing: Algae Decreasing: Fish
Deforestation is at an all time high in history, affecting our air quality and warming rates. Trees convert CO2 back into oxygen for our bodies to use and convert back in CO2, creating this natural cycle of benefit. If this cycle is thrown off, how would we be effected?
A. Little to no effect, we will find a way around it.
B. Major effect, enough to cause major air quality issues and likely death.
Answer with "A" or any letter answer.
B
A hunting increase has led to a decrease in wolf populations. Wolves commonly eat small mammals and accessible resources like them. Which animal is being hunted the most?
Rabbit, mice, owl, deer
Rabbit
A new kind of fertilizer is being used on a field to try and grow wheat at a more efficient rate. In the next few days, big algal blooms begin to form on top of the neighboring lakes. This is caused by the process of:
Eutrophication
In a hypothetical world, bacteria have begun to die to an acute increase in temperature. Which two processes would this change affect? Answer as follows: Answer choice, Answer choice
Nitrogen Fixing, Nitrification
A group of rabbits has recently overcome a downward trend in population after a disease struck them from tics in a new field they inhabited. If they were already at their carrying capacity, what is likely to happen soon after?
A. There will be a large jump and die down that will occur within the next few weeks/months
B. The fox population in the area will have a massive growth spurt as the rabbit population begins to grow again
C. The fox population will closely follow the rabbit population by around a one week delay and follow a similar pattern to theirs
D. Only A and C
E. All of the above
Answer with just "A" or any other letter
D
Humans have altered all three of the natural cycles in drastic ways, but the carbon cycle is likely the one to have the most drastic consequences. Which of these proposed solutions has the most promising looks to it?
A. Solar and Wind alternatives
B. Only a decrease in emissions
C. Both a decrease in emissions and solar and wind alternatives
Answer with "A" or any other letter option
C
In Yellowstone national park, the wolf population was removed entirely in an attempt to fix an issue using bio-manipulation. If this allows the rabbit population to go unchecked, which of the following will be most affected in a few months?
Water quality, soil stability, tree populations
Soil stability
A small amount of DDT is sprayed on a field to begin to eliminate the pests killing the wheat that is being farmed. Slowly, people begin taking notice that the population of big birds in the area is going down. This might be caused by:
Biomagnification
Deforestation rates have begun to rise in an area as a result of an increased need for paper. This affects all three cycles and will have consequences later down the road. In the water cycle, though, which process might begin to lack due to this decrease in the number of trees?
Transpiration
A disease strikes a population of rabbits who newly discovered a luscious field. There were tics in the field carrying said disease. The number of rabbits in the area slowly begins to drop. What kind of limiting factor is this?
Density Dependent
What kind of change is described by an increase in combustion and rising ocean temperatures? Which organisms will this affect on the planet? Answer as following: Use Select, All, or None to answer the second question. Example: Environmental, None
Climate, All
The number of foxes in an area has drastically decreased due to the amount of rabbits in an area taking a massive population loss. What kind of relationship do they have; inverse, direct, or indirect?
Direct
Carrying Capacity
Climate change has begun to become a big concern for our world thanks to the overuse of both natural and artificial resources. Farmers are being required to make changes to the way they raise their animals. Which animal in particular is causing a big issue in the carbon cycle?
Cattle
The rabbit and fox population have been seen to have a direct correlation with each other. The rabbits have just stumbled upon a new field of luscious grass and hiding spots. The result will be a large growth in the population of rabbits in the area. Once a few weeks have passed, will the fox population grow with them or will there numbers stay the same? Answer either "Grow" or "Same."
Grow
An increase use of CFC's has begun once again despite the heavy regulations on them. We can remember what happened to our ozone layer whenever this happened, but our greed got the best of us. Would this affect only people or would it have effects on other organisms as well? Would our poles thrive or diminish? Answer as the following: Example: No, Diminish
Yes, Diminish
In an area, more rabbits have begun to die due to a disease they acquired by being exposed to tics infected with said disease. Which group would this occurrence benefit in the short term? Would bacteria benefit? Answer with the following format: (Example: Carnivores, No
Detritivores, Yes