Ecosystems
Abiotic factors
Describe the trend in biodiversity as you move south toward the equator from the poles.
Biodiversity increases
These plates in on the Earth's crust are forced away from each other by rising magma.
Diverging plate boundaries
The shift in agriculture away from small, family operated farms to large, industrial-scale agribusiness was called:
The Green Revolution
Ozone can be destroyed more quickly than it is naturally created. What is the biggest destroyer of ozone?
CFCs
Carbon present in the atmosphere is absorbed by plants and converted into oxygen and glucose. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
The range of conditions that an organism can endure before injury or death results is called:
Ecological Range of Tolerance OR Tolerance Zones
The transport of weathered rock fragments by wind and rain is called:
Erosion
An underground formation that contains groundwater is called:
An aquifer
The process through which heat is trapped near Earth's surface by substances like CO2 and methane is called:
The Greenhouse Effect
Aldo Leopold developed the idea of "Land Ethic". This principle guided our studies throughout the semester. What is land ethic according to Leopold?
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"an ethical stance about how to achieve a caring relationship between people and nature"
Which island will experience lower immigration rates: a small island close to the mainland or a large island further from the mainland
a large island further from the mainland
Porosity and permeability have this type of relationship. (HINT: as you increase porosity, what happens to permeability?)
Inverse
The polluted runoff comes from many sources in an area. No one can be directly blamed, and no one feels the full weight of the responsibility.
Nonpoint source pollution
Name 2 pieces of evidence that climate change is occurring.
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A linear sequence of organisms through which energy and nutrients flow is called:
A natural disturbance that occurs with no regular frequency is called:
The coldest layer of Earth's atmosphere is the:
Mesosphere
Name three ways that one might increase their ecological footprint.
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Ocean acidification occurs when these ions break off from carbonic acid, causing the pH to rise.
H+ ions
10%
A series of predictable stages of growth that a forest goes through is called:
Ecological succession
The proportion of light that is reflected by a surface is called:
Albedo
Eutrophication occurs when these excess nutrients in the water promote the growth of algae, which depletes oxygen in aquatic ecosystems.
Nitrogen and Phosphorous
This global agreement was signed with the goal of protecting the ozone layer by phasing out the use of CFCs.
Montreal Protocol