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Question 1 - 10

• Resources that cannot be used up or can replenish themselves over time are called __________________ .

Answer 1 – 10

• Renewable Resources

Question 1 - 20

• Resources that are used faster than they form are called ________________ .

Answer 1 – 20

• Nonrenewable Resources

Question 1 - 30

• The amount of land necessary to produce and maintain enough food and water, shelter, energy, and waste

Answer 1 – 30

• Ecological Footprint

Question 1 - 40

• People from what type of countries have the smallest ecological footprint

Answer 1 – 40

• Developing

Question 1 - 50

• What was the main resource that was over exploited on Easter Island?

Answer 1 – 50

• Trees

Question 2 - 10

• Any undesirable factor, or pollutant, that is added to the air, water, or soil

Answer 2 – 10

• Pollution

Question 2 - 20

• The type of precipitation produced when pollutants in the water cycle cause rain pH to drop below normal levels

Answer 2 – 20

• Acid Rain

Question 2 - 30

• The trend of increasing global temperatures is known as ______________.

Answer 2 – 30

• Global Warming (Climate Change)

Question 2 - 40

• The type of air pollution caused by the interaction of sunlight with pollutants produced by fossil fuel emissions

Answer 2 – 40

• Smog

Question 2 - 50

• The process of greenhouse gases absorbing infrared radiation is called the _________________

Answer 2 – 50

• Greenhouse Effect

Question 3 - 10

• The process of a pollutant accumulating in higher concentrations as it moves up the food chain (to higher trophic levels)

Answer 3 – 10

• Biomagnification

Question 3 - 20

• A species that provides a sign, or indication, of the quality of the ecosystem’s environmental conditions

Answer 3 – 20

• Indicator Species

Question 3 - 30

• Which organism would be most affected by biomagnification?

• Corn• Deer• Wolf

Answer 3 – 30

• Wolf

Question 3 - 40

• What pollutant increases in bodies of water in direct correlation with the presence of the bedrock Granite?

Answer 3 – 40

• Mercury

Question 3 - 50

• What type of fat-soluble pollutant harmed developing eggs and affected the nervous system of Forester’s tern (a bird species native to coastal regions)

Answer 3 – 50

• PCBs

Question 4 - 10

• Loss of _____________ is one of the main causes of declining biodiversity.

Answer 4 – 10

• Habitat

Question 4 - 20

• _____________ species can disrupt stable relationships in an ecosystem by crowding out native species

Answer 4 – 20

• Introduced/Invasive

Question 4 - 30

• ________________ occurs when a barrier forms that prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range

Answer 4 – 30

• Habitat Fragmentation

Question 4 - 40

• One method of reducing the impact of habitat fragmentation is to build habitat _____________.

Answer 4 – 40

• Corridors

Question 4 - 50

• What type of population caused an estimated $65million loss of revenue on Australian farms in the 1993-1994 season?

Answer 4 – 50

• Mice

Question 5 - 10

• ________________ is the practice in which natural resources are used and managed in a way that meets the current needs without hurting future generations.

Answer 5 – 10

• Sustainable Development

Question 5 - 20

• The name of a species that gets placed on the endangered species list and as a result of that species being protected benefits many other organisms in the ecosystem.

Answer 5 – 20

• Umbrella Species

Question 5 - 30

• What is the name of the agency created that has paved the way for laws such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act?

Answer 5 – 30

• Environmental Protection Agency

Question 5 - 40

• What has been the main cause of the depletion of fish populations worldwide?

Answer 5 – 40

• Overfishing

Question 5 - 50

• Name an Umbrella Species and explain why it is considered as such.

Answer 5 – 50

• Manatee• Limiting boating was done to protect the

Manatee which also saved seagrass, and the entire ecosystem