ECS 1500 Final Exam
"Tragedy of the Commons" - correct answer-Garret Hardin's theory of 1968 that said that
unregulated exploitation causes resource depletion
1st law of thermodynamics - correct answer-Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It
can only be converted from one form to another
2nd law of thermodynamics - correct answer-When E is converted from one form to another,
some of it is degraded into heat
7 types of water pollution - correct answer-sewage, disease agents, sediments, organic
compounds, inorganic nutrients, toxic metals, thermal pollution
accuracy - correct answer-how close your measurement is to the true measurement
Acid mine drainage - correct answer-polluted water draining from areas disturbed by mining
for coal or other mineral ores
Aldo Leopold and land ethic - correct answer-concept which enlarged our sphere of concern
to include animals, plants, and landforms (whole photographs of Earth)
Anthropocene - correct answer-a term widely used to denote the present time interval, in
which many environmental and geologically significant conditions and processes are
profoundly altered by human activities
anthropocentrism - correct answer-only humans have rights
aquifer - correct answer-large area of water-saturated soil, through which groundwater flows
(underground reservoir)
Atmosphere - correct answer-Earth's system that is gas
ATP - correct answer-Energy transport & release
Autotropes - correct answer-Use inorganic sources of both carbon & energy to manufacture
organic molecules
bioaccumulation - correct answer-increase in concentration of a pollutant from the
environment to the first organism in a food chain
biocentrism - correct answer-certain living things also have value
, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) - correct answer-Amount of oxygen needed by
microorganisms to decompose biological wastes
biomagnification - correct answer-increase in concentration of a pollutant from one link in a
food chain to another
Biomass - correct answer-Chemical Energy is used to synthesize new matter
biome - correct answer-Large area w similar climate, soil, plants, and animals, regardless of
where it occurs in the world
Biosphere - correct answer-Earth's system that is living things
cause of too little water - correct answer-drought
Cedars of Lebanon - correct answer-Thrived across Mount Lebanon; timber exploited
Cellular respiration - correct answer-Chemical energy originally captured in photosynthesis
harvested for cellular work
cellular respiration formula - correct answer-C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O > 6CO2 + 12H20 +
ATP
Clean Water Act - correct answer-sets limits on point source & some NPS pollution; violators
fined
common water pollutants - correct answer-BOD, arsenic, mercury, selenium, sediment, heat,
iron, acidity, etc
community - correct answer-An association of different populations of organisms
that live together in the same space & time
conservation ethic - correct answer-use natural resources wisely for the greatest good for
the most people
conservation of matter - correct answer-matter is neither created nor destroyed in a physical
or chemical environment
Control - correct answer-the unmanipulated point of comparison
Cryosphere - correct answer-Earth's system that contain's ice
Cuyahoga River - correct answer-Single most significant event to spur environmental
awareness; 13 fires from 1968-1969
cyanosis - correct answer-can indicate nitrate pollution in rural wells
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