ENVS 1126 LAWS EXAM 2, EXAM #1, ENVS 1126 EDWARD
LAWS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Of the CO2 that has been emitted to the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel burning
and deforestation in the last 250 years, about _________ has been taken up by the
ocean. - Answers - 25%
Basis of the scientific method - Answers - 1. Every result has a cause
2. what we perceive with our senses represents an objective reality
3. Through our powers of observation, manipulation, and reason, we can discover and
understand the basic principles and natural laws of the universe
4. Objective reality functions according to certain basic principles and natural laws that
remain consistent through time and space
Caring for something that does not belong to you for the benefit of others - Answers -
Stewardship
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs - Answers - sustainable development
Globally the fastest growing source of energy - Answers - wind energy
The major source of the wealth of most nations is - Answers - intangible capital
The countries that signed the Montreal Protocol agreed to scale back - Answers -
Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
How many states have bottle laws to encourage and facilitate the recycling of bottles? -
Answers - 10
A biome is a large area of Earth's surface with similar _____ and ______. - Answers -
Plants and climate
Reducing the input of inorganic nitrogen to University Lake is expected to result in a
decrease in the abundance of algae in the lake. If this happens, it would be an example
of - Answers - the law of limiting factors
Bats and swallows both feed on flying insects, but they do not compete because bats
feed at night and swallows feed during the day. Although bats and swallows live in the
same habitat, they occupy different - Answers - niches
The six most abundant elements in organic matter are - Answers - nitrogen
carbon
oxygen
hydrogen
,phosphorus
sulfur
Organisms that make high-potential-energy organic molecules from low-potential-
energy raw materials are - Answers - producers
An abundant form of nitrogen that most organisms are unable to utilize is - Answers -
Nitrogen gas (N2)
K-strategists tend to have __________ biotic potential and _________ recruitment. -
Answers - Low.....good
A population of organisms is liable to become extinct if the number of individuals -
Answers - falls below the critical number
a species whose role is essential for the survival of many other species in an
ecosystem. - Answers - keystone species
Five species of warblers coexist in the spruce forests of Maine by feeding at different
levels in the trees and on different parts of the trees. This is an example of - Answers -
resource partitioning
The average rate of continental drift is about - Answers - 1 inch in 1 year
What are the two principal abiotic factors that distinguish one biome from another? -
Answers - temperature and rainfall
Which one of the following kinds of plants is most sensitive to damage from fire? -
Answers - broad-leaved trees
The annual global value of ecosystem services performed by all types of ecosystems on
the earth has been estimated to be about ________ per year. - Answers - $40 trillion
The fact that an estimated 100 million to 1 billion birds die each year from crashing into
glass windows is an example of which one of the HIPPO problems? - Answers - habitat
destruction
38. The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of - Answers - fertilizer runoff from
agricultural fields
The tragedy of the commons is a consequence of which kind of tenure over the land
and water where resources are found? - Answers - open access
With the exception of some harvesting by a few indigenous peoples, Japan, Iceland,
and Norway are the only nations currently involved in whaling. The species of whale
, primarily targeted by these three nations is the _______________ whale. - Answers -
Minke
Ocean acidification is a serious threat to calcifying organisms such as corals, clams,
and oysters because it is associated with a reduction of the concentration of
____________ ions in the water. - Answers - carbonate
The region of the word where the area of forests increased by the greatest amount
between 2000 and 2010 was - Answers - China
Since 1990 ecosystem management of forests by the United States Forest Service has
involved cutting trees at intervals of ___________ years - Answers - 350
How long ago was the Neolithic revolution? - Answers - 12,000 years
Domestication of sheep and goats and growing domestic wheat, barley, chickpeas,
peas, beans, flax, and bitter vetch - where? - Answers - Fertile crescent
Machine based manufacturing; steam engine - Answers - Industrial revolution
Louis Pasteur - germ theory of disease
Alexander Fleming - penicillin - Answers - Medical revolution
Development of pesticides, irrigation and fertilizer use and high-yielding strains of crops
- increased crop yields dramatically - Answers - Green revolution
heavy reliance on fossil fuels - Answers - mechanization
Unconfined largest aquifer in the world; provides 30% of US groundwater used for
irrigation; mostly fossil water from glaciers - Answers - Ogallala aquifer
the fertility rate that will replace the population of parents - Answers - fertility
replacement rate
shift from high fertility and mortality to low fertility and mortality - Answers - demographic
transition
pattern change in morality factors due to disease - Answers - epidermiologic transition
a change in pattern of birthrates - Answers - fertility transition
security in old age
infant mortality
status of women
helping hands
availability of contraceptives - Answers - reasons for large families
LAWS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Of the CO2 that has been emitted to the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel burning
and deforestation in the last 250 years, about _________ has been taken up by the
ocean. - Answers - 25%
Basis of the scientific method - Answers - 1. Every result has a cause
2. what we perceive with our senses represents an objective reality
3. Through our powers of observation, manipulation, and reason, we can discover and
understand the basic principles and natural laws of the universe
4. Objective reality functions according to certain basic principles and natural laws that
remain consistent through time and space
Caring for something that does not belong to you for the benefit of others - Answers -
Stewardship
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs - Answers - sustainable development
Globally the fastest growing source of energy - Answers - wind energy
The major source of the wealth of most nations is - Answers - intangible capital
The countries that signed the Montreal Protocol agreed to scale back - Answers -
Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
How many states have bottle laws to encourage and facilitate the recycling of bottles? -
Answers - 10
A biome is a large area of Earth's surface with similar _____ and ______. - Answers -
Plants and climate
Reducing the input of inorganic nitrogen to University Lake is expected to result in a
decrease in the abundance of algae in the lake. If this happens, it would be an example
of - Answers - the law of limiting factors
Bats and swallows both feed on flying insects, but they do not compete because bats
feed at night and swallows feed during the day. Although bats and swallows live in the
same habitat, they occupy different - Answers - niches
The six most abundant elements in organic matter are - Answers - nitrogen
carbon
oxygen
hydrogen
,phosphorus
sulfur
Organisms that make high-potential-energy organic molecules from low-potential-
energy raw materials are - Answers - producers
An abundant form of nitrogen that most organisms are unable to utilize is - Answers -
Nitrogen gas (N2)
K-strategists tend to have __________ biotic potential and _________ recruitment. -
Answers - Low.....good
A population of organisms is liable to become extinct if the number of individuals -
Answers - falls below the critical number
a species whose role is essential for the survival of many other species in an
ecosystem. - Answers - keystone species
Five species of warblers coexist in the spruce forests of Maine by feeding at different
levels in the trees and on different parts of the trees. This is an example of - Answers -
resource partitioning
The average rate of continental drift is about - Answers - 1 inch in 1 year
What are the two principal abiotic factors that distinguish one biome from another? -
Answers - temperature and rainfall
Which one of the following kinds of plants is most sensitive to damage from fire? -
Answers - broad-leaved trees
The annual global value of ecosystem services performed by all types of ecosystems on
the earth has been estimated to be about ________ per year. - Answers - $40 trillion
The fact that an estimated 100 million to 1 billion birds die each year from crashing into
glass windows is an example of which one of the HIPPO problems? - Answers - habitat
destruction
38. The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of - Answers - fertilizer runoff from
agricultural fields
The tragedy of the commons is a consequence of which kind of tenure over the land
and water where resources are found? - Answers - open access
With the exception of some harvesting by a few indigenous peoples, Japan, Iceland,
and Norway are the only nations currently involved in whaling. The species of whale
, primarily targeted by these three nations is the _______________ whale. - Answers -
Minke
Ocean acidification is a serious threat to calcifying organisms such as corals, clams,
and oysters because it is associated with a reduction of the concentration of
____________ ions in the water. - Answers - carbonate
The region of the word where the area of forests increased by the greatest amount
between 2000 and 2010 was - Answers - China
Since 1990 ecosystem management of forests by the United States Forest Service has
involved cutting trees at intervals of ___________ years - Answers - 350
How long ago was the Neolithic revolution? - Answers - 12,000 years
Domestication of sheep and goats and growing domestic wheat, barley, chickpeas,
peas, beans, flax, and bitter vetch - where? - Answers - Fertile crescent
Machine based manufacturing; steam engine - Answers - Industrial revolution
Louis Pasteur - germ theory of disease
Alexander Fleming - penicillin - Answers - Medical revolution
Development of pesticides, irrigation and fertilizer use and high-yielding strains of crops
- increased crop yields dramatically - Answers - Green revolution
heavy reliance on fossil fuels - Answers - mechanization
Unconfined largest aquifer in the world; provides 30% of US groundwater used for
irrigation; mostly fossil water from glaciers - Answers - Ogallala aquifer
the fertility rate that will replace the population of parents - Answers - fertility
replacement rate
shift from high fertility and mortality to low fertility and mortality - Answers - demographic
transition
pattern change in morality factors due to disease - Answers - epidermiologic transition
a change in pattern of birthrates - Answers - fertility transition
security in old age
infant mortality
status of women
helping hands
availability of contraceptives - Answers - reasons for large families
