Chapter 1 and 2 Review
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What is the job of a M.S.D.S.?
2. Define consumption crisis.
3. Define population crisis.
4. Developed or developing countries: Which one is most likely to have a population crisis? A
consumption crisis?
5. What does environmental science mean?
6. The “Tragedy of the Commons” is about shared resources. What is today’s shared resource that
we have to be careful of so we don’t use it all up?
7. In environmental science we try to reduce our ecological footprint. What does that mean?
8. List three values that you could use to make an environmental decision. Write the definition of
each value.
Chapter 3 Review
1. The part of Earth that contains the air we breathe is called the _______________.
2. The part of the Earth that contains the majority of the water _________________.
3. There are five main layers of the atmosphere. Put them in order from the surface of earth
to space.
4. What atmospheric layer contains the ozone layer?
5. What is the job of the ozone layer?
6. What chemical destroys the ozone layer?
7. There are four main layers of the earth. Put them in order from the surface of earth to the
center of earth.
8. Which seismic wave is the fastest?
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If you are 2000km away from the epicenter, how long do you have to wait for the Pwaves?
10. If you wait 15 minutes before you feel the Swaves, how far away are you from the
epicenter?
Chapter 4 Review
1. A nonliving part of an ecosystem is called ________________.
2. All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time is
called _____________.
3. A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other.
4. The Chihuahua is a dog that exists because of
A. Natural selection or
B. Artificial selection
5. What is an ecosystem made up of?
6. When insects eating crops are not killed by insecticide they show _____________.
7. Thick fur deer survive more than thin fur deer during the winter. Thick fur is called an
____________.
8. Where does energy in most ecosystems come from?
9. List five abiotic and five biotic factors found in ecosystems.
10. What makes an organism resistant to a chemical?
Chapter 5 Review
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Define autotrophs and heterotrophs. Which one is a producer and which is a consumer?
What gets transferred from one trophic level to another when organisms eat?
What diagram illustrates the loss of energy from one trophic level to the next?
The diagram that shows the many feeding relationships that are in an ecosystem?
How much energy is lost between one tropic level to the next?
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Create a food chain. Label the trophic levels.
What is the change that occurs on an abandoned farm called?
What is the change on a volcanic island called?
What is the change after a forest fire called?
What is a pioneer species? Give an example.
Chapter 6 Review and 7
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What are the two most important factors that determines the biome type in an area?
The driest biome is the ______________.
What biome does North America grows most of its food?
What water ecosystem is formed when ocean water and river water meet?
What are three jobs of a wetland?
What is the difference between the benthic zone and littoral zone of a body of water?
List pros and cons of dams.