Farmer John uses all of his land to plant soybeans because they are profitable. What is this an example of ?
Monoculture
100
A harmful material that can enter the biosphere.
Pollutant
100
What are the three types of biodiversity?
Ecosystem
Species
Genetic
100
The total area of functioning land and water ecosystems needed both to provide the resources an individual or population uses and to absorb or make harmless the waste generated.
Ecological Footprint
100
The concept of using natural resources at a rate that doesn't deplete them is called:
Sustainable Development
200
A forest of trees is a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
Nonrenewable
200
Home Depot chops down a large forest of trees causing a negative effect on soil quantity. This is an example of:
Deforestation
200
Humans can have different color eyes, different skin colors, different types of hair, and different shapes.
What type of diversity is this an example of?
Genetic Diversity
200
How many times larger is the average American's ecological footprint than the global average?
Four Times
200
A species that is introduced to an environment where it has not lived before is described as:
A. Native
B. Nonnative
C. Threatened
D. Predatory
Nonnative
300
The practice of providing for human needs while preserving the ecosystems that produce natural resources.
Sustainable development.
300
You walk outside your city apartment. All you see is a gray brown haze that seems to be from chemical reactions among pollutants.
What type of air pollution is this?
Smog.
300
Developers decide to put a road through Potato Creek State Park - splitting the ecosystem into pieces.
This is an example of:
Habitat Fragmentation
300
Name one reason why the ozone layer is important.
Multiple Answers
300
What is a habitat fragment?
A small area of habitat surrounded by a different habitat.
400
Wind turbines are an example of a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
Renewable
400
A combination of farming, overgrazing, seasonal drought, and climate change can cause a dry climate to turn farmland into a wasteland.
This is an example of:
Desertification
400
What are four threats to biodiversity?
Altering Habitats
Hunting
Introducing Invasive Species
Pollution
400
An increase in average temperature.
Global Warming
400
Which of the following is TRUE about renewable resources?
A. They are only found in tropical climates.
B. They can never be depleted.
C. They are replaced by natural means.
D. They regenerate very quickly.
C. They are replaced by natural means.
500
Name three ways humans affect regional and global environments.
Agriculture
Industry
Development
500
Mercury, a pollutant, is picked up by Nemo and is not broken down or eliminated from his body - it collects in body tissues. Nemo is eaten by Bruce. Mercury is still further concentrated in Bruce. Pollutant concentration increases at higher trophic levels.
This is an example of:
Biological Magnification
500
Name one ecological hotspot in the United States and foreign ecological hotspot.
Multiple Answers!
US - Florida, California, Prairie Areas
Foreign - South America, Africa, Asia
500
What are three ways we can have a positive impact on the global environment?
1. Recognizing the problem in the environment.
2. Researching the problem to determine the cause.
3. Using scientific understanding to change our behavior.
500
Ozone is made up of:
A. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Chlorine