Aquatic environment Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Illinois pesticide general standards Exam Questions And Answers pest - ANS any insect, mite, rodent,nematode, fungus, weed, or other plant or animal that is injurious to the health of humans, animals, or to the environment economic threshold - ANS number of pests per plant or the amount of damage to a plant at which point control measures should be begun economic injury level - ANS break-even point at which the cost of pest control equals the revenue loss caused by a pest aesthe...

Your understanding of the aquatic relem is important for accessing dive conditions and emergency planning , as well as explaining to divers how to interact responsibly with environment True or False - Answer- True What is the ocean's maor source of productivity and the base of the marine food chain? A. Drill B. Seagrass C. Coral D. Phytoplankton - Answer- D. Phytoplankton Natrual processes, such as earthquakes and storms, are much more of a severe threat to coral reefs and wetlan...

Standard of Care - ️️The degree of care a responsible person would take to prevent an injury to another person Accountable to: - ️️Guests, Employer, and Self Keep a professional image by: - ️️Punctuality, Proper Uniform, Preparedness, Pleasant, Attentive, Vigilant, and Knowledgeable Purpose of E&A Audits - ️️To identify potential aquatic risk exposures before they become an issue and increase the awareness, education, and implementation of effective aquatic risk manageme...

Which of the following is not an observation or inference on which natural selection is based? a. There is heritable variation among individuals. b. Poorly adapted individuals never produce offspring. c. Species produce more offspring than the environment can support. d. Individuals whose characteristics are best suited to the environment generally leave more offspring than those whose characteristics are less well suited. e. Only a fraction of an individual's offspring may survive. - b. P...

Ellis and Associates ILTP Study GuideStandard of Care - correct answers The degree of care a responsible person would take to prevent an injury to another person Accountable to: - correct answers Guests, Employer, and Self Keep a professional image by: - correct answers Punctuality, Proper Uniform, Preparedness, Pleasant, Attentive, Vigilant, and Knowledgeable Purpose of E&A Audits - correct answers To identify potential aquatic risk exposures before they become an issue and increase th...

List the 5 characteristics that make water unique - stable, high specific heat, great buffer, expands at freezing, excellent solvent Why is it critical that water stores a lot of energy? - allows large bodies of water to cool or heat Earth to maintain a temperature List the elements of the hydrologic cycle including driving forces - 1/2-Evapotranspiration 3-Condensation 4-Precipitation 5-Runoff 6-Inflitration 7-Subsurface flow 8-Base flow 9-Concentrated surface flow 10-interflow (s...

Why is it important to be knowledgeable about the biological and physical properties of the aquatic realm? CORRECT ANSWER - Helps satisfy diver curiosity - Helps plan dives according to the environmental conditions - You can make divers aware of fragile organisms To learn more about the aquatic realm you can CORRECT ANSWER - Take project aware Specialty Divers course - Take Underwater Naturalist course - Consult guides, ID slates, & other references - Check out environmental & conservati...

Pest - Answer-A pest is any living thing that has an undesirable impact on something that is important to us. Pesticide - Answer-A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances used to kill pests or to prevent or reduce the damage pests cause. True or false: repellents are pesticides - Answer-True Pest control devices - Answer-Products which use purely mechanical or physical means to combat pests. True or false: if a pest control device is packaged together with a substance that hel...

ecology - study of the relationship between an organism and its environment deciduous - sheds its leaves annually coniferous - having leaves that don't fall off in the winter; "cone-bearing" biosphere - sum of surfaces, atmosphere, and hydrosphere tropical biome - biome: most diverse; no seasonal climate; wet and dry seasons temperate biome - biome: deciduous & coniferous forests; seasonal climate taiga biome - biome: northernmost forests; seasonal climate; long winters, sho...

Ecology is the study of... - ANSWER the relationship between an organism and its environment & involves scientific study of the interactions determining the distribution and abundance of organisms Levels of Ecology (in order from biggest to smallest) - ANSWER biosphere, ecosystems, communities, populations, organisms Biosphere - ANSWER the sum of the surfaces, atmosphere and hydrosphere of the earth which is occupied by lining organisms Biomes - ANSWER major habitat; aquatic, forests, g...