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Midterm Study Guide 2024

The document is a midterm study guide for an Introduction to Environmental Science course, covering key concepts such as types of resources, scientific definitions, and ecological principles. It includes questions on environmental policies, population ecology, and evolutionary concepts, along with definitions and examples of various ecological relationships. The guide aims to prepare students for their midterm exam by reviewing essential topics and terminology.

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Midterm Study Guide 2024

The document is a midterm study guide for an Introduction to Environmental Science course, covering key concepts such as types of resources, scientific definitions, and ecological principles. It includes questions on environmental policies, population ecology, and evolutionary concepts, along with definitions and examples of various ecological relationships. The guide aims to prepare students for their midterm exam by reviewing essential topics and terminology.

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Midterm Study Guide 2024 Name _____________________________

Period_______________

Introduction to Environmental Science

Provide an example of the following

Nonrenewable resource

Renewable resource (but only if used sustainably)

Infinitely renewable resource

Qualitative data

Quantitative data

Define the following words

Hypothesis

Theory

Environmentalist

Environmental scientist

Peer review process

Science is both a body of ______________ and a way of thinking. Scientists only


study the ________________ world.
Ms. Eding is studying the affects of acid rain on the size of frog egg clutches.
She is measuring the pH of the pond water and counting the number of eggs
each frog lays. Identify the independent variable and the dependent variable.

Why is it important that she counts many frog clutches and has repeated
trials?

Economics and Environmental Policy

Provide 2 examples of ecosystem services.

What is the role of the Environmental Protection Agency?

Earth’s Environmental Systems

Atoms are the basic unit of ________.

Sketch the atomic structure of carbon.

Define the following words:

Hydrosphere

Biosphere

Geosphere

Atmosphere
Nutrients

Macromolecule

Denitrification

Nitrogen fixation
What sphere is not involved in the phosphorous cycle?
Label the plate boundaries. List a few geological features commonly found at
each boundary type.

Population Ecology

Explain the difference between an ecosystem and a community.

Sketch an example of clumped, uniform, and random dispersion.

Sketch a population pyramid of a population that will likely shrink in the


future.

Define the flowing words:

Population

Resource
Habitat

Density-dependent limiting factor (include an example too)

Density-independent limiting factor (include an example too)

Biotic factor

Abiotic factor

Evolution and Community Ecology

Explain the difference between natural and artificial selection.

Explain the difference between primary and secondary succession. Provide


an example of each.

Provide an example of an invasive species. Why is it invasive?

Define the following words:

Resource partitioning

Trophic level

Niche

As energy transfers from one trophic level to another, about ______% passes
on and about ______% is lost.
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and chemosynthesis.

Label each organism’s trophic level.

Provide an example of the following ecological relationships.

Predation

Mutualism

Parasitism

Commensalism

Coevolution

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