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BESC 201 Exam 1 Review Questions andAnswers
Ecological footprint concept - Answer -The cumulative area if biology productive land
and water required to provide the raw materials a person or population consumes and
to dispose of or recycle waste that is produced
Different types of renewable natural resources - Answer -Sunlight, wind energy, wave
energy, and geothermal energy
Different types of nonrenewable natural resources - Answer -Crude oil, natural gas,
coal, copper, aluminum, and other metals
Different types of semirenewable
resources - Answer -Fresh water, forest products, agricultural crops, and soils
Environmental science - Answer -Branch of science devoted to understanding how the
environment works and our interaction with it. Objective, use of scientific method
Environmental studies - Answer -Study the built and natural environment, learn about
human views and interactions with nature, and examine ways that politics, economics,
the sciences, history, ethics, and philosophy influence human behavior in the natural
world. The major offers the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary inquiry, integrating
knowledge across the natural sciences, behavioral sciences, and humanities. The major
develops analytical tools and skills for understanding the environment, while
emphasizing the role of beliefs, values, and ethics in shaping human behavior.
Environmentalism - Answer -Social movement/concern aimed at protecting the
environment. Subjective, use of emotional approaches, political and social agenda
Wicked problems - Answer -a problem that doesn't have a clear solution
The steps in the method process - Answer -Observe, question, hypothesis, prediction,
experiment, results, and report
Qualitative data - Answer -data that describe or explains. It is normally categorized or
ranked
, Quantitative data - Answer -numerical data that can be measured and can be
considered objective
Hypotheses - Answer -Proposed explanation to a well-framed question. Leads to
predictions that can be tested by observation or experimentation. Has to be Testable
and Potentially falsifiable.
Experiment - Answer -Contrived situations that test the validity of a prediction or
hypothesis.
Types of variables - Answer -Factors that can change in value under different conditions
Scientific theories - Answer -Broader in scope than a hypothesis. General, and can lead
to new testable hypotheses. Supported by a large body of evidence in comparison to a
hypothesis
Peer review - Answer -a process that envolves a manuscript
Photosynthesis - Answer -6CO2+6H2O+energy to (Sugar) C6H12O6+6O2
Cellular respiration - Answer -the release of chemical energy
1st law of thermodynamics, what are they and how do they relate to food chains and
resource availability? - Answer -Energy can change form but cannot be created or
destroyed. It is conserved.
2nd law of thermodynamics, what are they and how do they relate to food chains and
resource availability? - Answer -Energy changes from more ordered to less ordered
state. Moving toward increasing disordered state. Less available energy. Organisms
maintain highly ordered state (S&F) by consuming energy.
Potential energy - Answer -Stored energy in molecular bonds
Kinetic energy - Answer -Energy released as heat and light
Energy transfer through trophic levels - Answer -Primary producers have the most
energy and apex predators have the least energy
Autotroph - Answer -Primary Consumers
Heterotroph - Answer -An organism that consumes other organisms. Includes most
animals, as well as fungi and microbes that decompose organic matter.
Primary consumer - Answer -An organism that can use the energy from sunlight to
produce its own food.
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