Mid Term Topics 2011
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Mid Term Topics 2011
Chapter 1
Environmental science
Ecosystem
Agricultural Middle
Diverse South
Dry west
Industrial Northeast
Forested West
Wilderness North
Wilderness
The major resources of the Great Lakes and Northeast is:
Economics factors should be considered when:
Second growth timber refers to:
Chapter 2
Cultural ethics
Cultural dimorphism
Cultural relativism
Ecocentrism
Environmental anthropocentrism
Environmental justice
Ethics Industries pollution
Resource exploitation
World food production
Chapter 3
Demand
External costs
Negligible risk
Probability
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk management
Risk tolerance
Supply/demand curve
Subsidy
Sustainable development
Activities is associated with the greatest approximate lifetime risk of death.
Pollution cost
Cost-benefit analysis
Risk analysis
Chapter 5
Abiotic
Biomass
Biotic Carbon cycle
Coevolution.
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Commensal organisms
Community
Decomposers.
Denitrifying bacteria Ecology.
Ectoparasite
Endoparasite
Evolution.
Extinction
Food chains
Food web
Genetic variation
Habitat
Herbivore
Interspecific competition
Intraspecific competition
Limiting factor
Mutualistic relationship
Mutualism.
Natural selection Niche
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Nitrogen cycle
Omnivore
Primary Consumer
Producer
Scavenger
Secondary consumer
Species.
Symbiotic relationships
Trophic levels
Use of fertilizers and nutrient cycles
Chapter 6
Succession
Steps to primary succession on land
Steps to primary succession from pond to wet meadow
Secondary succession on land
Desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, tropical dry forrest, tropical rain forest, temperate deciduous, taiga and tundra.
Pelagic
Benthic
Estuary Chapters 7 and 8
Age distribution
AIDS
Carrying capacity
China and India
Countries with low population growth
Current (2004) human population
Demography
Dispersal
Ecological footprint
Ecological impact
Emigration
Expected population (2060)
Exponential growth.
Factors that cause population growth
Family planning
Five factors that appear to interrelate poverty, poor healthy and lack of education with high birth rate.
Immigration
India
Lag phase.
Limiting factors One child campaign
Poorer countries and population
Population density/ estimation
Population growth
Replacement fertility
Sterilization
Total fertility rate
Zero population growth
History of Energy consumption (9)
The controlled use of fire was the first use of energy in a form other than what source?
The hunter gatherer society used what forms of energy?
What forms of energy are required for animal power?
What caused the shift from using wood as a source of fuel to coal?
How was oil used during the first 60 years of production?
What energy source was required in order for a nation to participate in the Industrial Revolution?
Which country has the highest per capita energy use for transportation?
Prepare the correct historical sequence of fuel use in the U.S. from 1800 to the present for the following: coal, gas, wood and oil.
What is OPEC?
Compare and contrast energy sources used for cooking in modern America and Africa. Chapter 10:
Coal Oil Gas Hydroelectric Wind Geothermal Biomass Solar Nuclear Tidal
What is it? Where would you find it? For instance hydroelectric is probable not located in a desert area. How is it made? For instance coal has at least three ways of being mined. What percentage of world uses it? What percentage of US uses it? What are the risks? To people To environment What are the benefits? To people To environment Is it renewable? What is the predicted future impact of this source by 2030?