Study Concepts/Terms Exam I, 2006
Exam 1, 50 questions, multiple choice, 2 points each.
is Environmental Science?
Examples of current environmental issues and trends (climate, population, water, air, habitat, etc..)
Rich vs. poor; environmental justice: relation to environmental issues
Relationship between Indicators of Environmental health and quality of life and income
pessimist views of environmental problems
Worldviews: domination, stewardship, biocentric/ecocentric; why important, basic differences.
Historical perspectives on conservation and environmentalism
elements of critical thinking
method: hypothesis vs. theory
structure/organization of matter
quality: high vs. low
vs. respiration? Similarities/differences?
is energy stored in a biological system?
natural laws of matter and energy to ecosystems
is an ecosystem?
components of an ecosystem - what are they? How different?
components of an ecosystem – what are they? How different?
levels? How described?
for low efficiencies in energy transfer
Productivity (also chapter 4)
is a cycle? How C, N, P, S cycles work, how similar? how different?
of biological carbon- and nitrogen-fixation?
of microbes (decomposers) in biogeochemical cycles
Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles?
of Tolerance limits
factors might affect tolerance limits within a population?
indicator species: what do they tell us?
of a species,
how related to natural selection?
species: role in structure and function of ecosystem?
and parasitism: how regulate population size?
relationship: how impacts adapatations/evolution of each?
competition vs. interspecific competition: differences, examples
Partitioning: how related to competition?
species interactions: types, examples
productivity? Net primary productivity. How related to abundance and diversity?
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stability: how related to resilience and inertia? Examples of different types?
vs. secondary succession: how similar? how different?
Human impacts on succession and ecosystems
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