Aice Environmental Management
Semester 1 study guideQuestions and
answers
- correct answer-
Tundra - correct answer-Extreme northern latitudes with long winters and a short growing
season. There is little precipitation and permafrost is key in its vegetation. Always frozen
deep spoil, it prevents water from leaving and creates bogs in the summer
Savanna - correct answer-Have a wet and dry season and its generally places like Africa.
Has many large animals and when its converted to rangeland for grazing, it often turns into a
desert
Tropical Rainforest - correct answer-They are hot with lots of rainfall and transpiration forms
many plants that initiate rainfall. This has more diversity than any other biome and has
layers. The crown is the tallest, the middle is the canopy and the understory is the ground.
Only 2 to 3% of the sunlight reaches the understory. Decomposition occurs quickly to recycle
nutrients
Desert - correct answer-Can be hot or cold, the key factor is little precipitation. Most plants
and animals are highly adapted to prevent water loss and off road vehicles damage sensitive
plants
Deciduous Forest - correct answer-The central U.S has the most deciduous forests in the
world. Contains a high variety of trees like oak, maple and hickory. The slow leaf decay
makes the soil nutrient rich. Much of this was converted to farmland.
Boreal Forest - correct answer-It's also called a taiga. It's south of a tundra and is dominated
by conifers. It's heavily logged.
Climatogram - correct answer-X-axis is the months
Y-axis on the left is precipitation on the right is temperature
Bars are for precipitation, line is for temperature
LEDC - correct answer-A Less Economically Developed Country. It typically has higher
death rate and a higher TFR
MEDC - correct answer-A More Economically Developed Country. It has a lower death rate
and a lower TFR
NPP - correct answer-net primary productivity
GPP - correct answer-gross primary productivity
, Ecosystem - correct answer-A community of organisms and its environment.
Biome - correct answer-A large distinct area with similar climate, plants and animals
Biomass - correct answer-The mass of organisms in an environment
Biodiversity - correct answer-The diversity between the animals in an environment
How can biodiversity indicate the health of an ecosystem - correct answer-If there is less
biodiversity, the ecosystem is typically less healthy than an ecosystem with higher
biodiversity.
How can biodiversity be increased - correct answer-Biodiversity can be increased by
introducing new animals to an ecosystem.
Wildlife Corrdior - correct answer-A wildlife corridor is a corridor that runs between to
environments
History of Gorongosa National Park - correct answer-Gorongosa National Park is a park
where many african animals are preserved and as well as insects and plants. In the 1980's
there was a civil war that happened in Mozambique and because of this, many animals and
much of the foliage was ruined in the park. People ended up staying in the park during this
war and they poached elephants for money, and also killed animals for food. After the civil
war ended, people begun to restore the park once again. A huge sponsor that made this
happen was Howard Hughes. Now, Gorongosa National Park is still in the process of coming
back from that but they are doing a good job and there is also a lot of poachers but they are
trying to fix that with park security
Food Chain - correct answer-A food chain is a linear sequence of prey and predator
Example: Grass → Grasshopper → Bird → Fox → Wolf
Food Web - correct answer-A food web is a system of interlocking and interconnected food
chains.
What happened to Isle Royale National Park - correct answer-At Isle Royale National Park
there would normally be an ice bridge that forms from the mainland to the isle, however for
many years, this didn't happen. Because of this, biodiversity decreased a lot, and wolves
started to breed among themselves. What ended up happening is that there was a disease
that spread throughout the wolves on the isle and wolves started to decrease, but since they
couldn't leave the isle to introduce more wolves, the wolves died and dropped to a drastic
level. There is believed to be 1 male and 1 female wolf left on the isle.
Numbers pyramid - correct answer-A numbers pyramids is a pyramid that shows how much
of each organisms there is at each trophic level
biomass pyramid - correct answer-A biomass pyramid shows the total mass of each
organism at each trophic level
Semester 1 study guideQuestions and
answers
- correct answer-
Tundra - correct answer-Extreme northern latitudes with long winters and a short growing
season. There is little precipitation and permafrost is key in its vegetation. Always frozen
deep spoil, it prevents water from leaving and creates bogs in the summer
Savanna - correct answer-Have a wet and dry season and its generally places like Africa.
Has many large animals and when its converted to rangeland for grazing, it often turns into a
desert
Tropical Rainforest - correct answer-They are hot with lots of rainfall and transpiration forms
many plants that initiate rainfall. This has more diversity than any other biome and has
layers. The crown is the tallest, the middle is the canopy and the understory is the ground.
Only 2 to 3% of the sunlight reaches the understory. Decomposition occurs quickly to recycle
nutrients
Desert - correct answer-Can be hot or cold, the key factor is little precipitation. Most plants
and animals are highly adapted to prevent water loss and off road vehicles damage sensitive
plants
Deciduous Forest - correct answer-The central U.S has the most deciduous forests in the
world. Contains a high variety of trees like oak, maple and hickory. The slow leaf decay
makes the soil nutrient rich. Much of this was converted to farmland.
Boreal Forest - correct answer-It's also called a taiga. It's south of a tundra and is dominated
by conifers. It's heavily logged.
Climatogram - correct answer-X-axis is the months
Y-axis on the left is precipitation on the right is temperature
Bars are for precipitation, line is for temperature
LEDC - correct answer-A Less Economically Developed Country. It typically has higher
death rate and a higher TFR
MEDC - correct answer-A More Economically Developed Country. It has a lower death rate
and a lower TFR
NPP - correct answer-net primary productivity
GPP - correct answer-gross primary productivity
, Ecosystem - correct answer-A community of organisms and its environment.
Biome - correct answer-A large distinct area with similar climate, plants and animals
Biomass - correct answer-The mass of organisms in an environment
Biodiversity - correct answer-The diversity between the animals in an environment
How can biodiversity indicate the health of an ecosystem - correct answer-If there is less
biodiversity, the ecosystem is typically less healthy than an ecosystem with higher
biodiversity.
How can biodiversity be increased - correct answer-Biodiversity can be increased by
introducing new animals to an ecosystem.
Wildlife Corrdior - correct answer-A wildlife corridor is a corridor that runs between to
environments
History of Gorongosa National Park - correct answer-Gorongosa National Park is a park
where many african animals are preserved and as well as insects and plants. In the 1980's
there was a civil war that happened in Mozambique and because of this, many animals and
much of the foliage was ruined in the park. People ended up staying in the park during this
war and they poached elephants for money, and also killed animals for food. After the civil
war ended, people begun to restore the park once again. A huge sponsor that made this
happen was Howard Hughes. Now, Gorongosa National Park is still in the process of coming
back from that but they are doing a good job and there is also a lot of poachers but they are
trying to fix that with park security
Food Chain - correct answer-A food chain is a linear sequence of prey and predator
Example: Grass → Grasshopper → Bird → Fox → Wolf
Food Web - correct answer-A food web is a system of interlocking and interconnected food
chains.
What happened to Isle Royale National Park - correct answer-At Isle Royale National Park
there would normally be an ice bridge that forms from the mainland to the isle, however for
many years, this didn't happen. Because of this, biodiversity decreased a lot, and wolves
started to breed among themselves. What ended up happening is that there was a disease
that spread throughout the wolves on the isle and wolves started to decrease, but since they
couldn't leave the isle to introduce more wolves, the wolves died and dropped to a drastic
level. There is believed to be 1 male and 1 female wolf left on the isle.
Numbers pyramid - correct answer-A numbers pyramids is a pyramid that shows how much
of each organisms there is at each trophic level
biomass pyramid - correct answer-A biomass pyramid shows the total mass of each
organism at each trophic level
