Practice questions for envi sci

• What does “bio-” in biodiversity means?

• It is where all the different kinds of life are found in one area.
• It is the sum of all various life forms such as fungi, protozoa, bacteria and multicellular
organisms such as mammals and flowering plants.
• A condition where grasslands turn into desert-like conditions because of poor water management
and soil quality.
• The condition when the global climate becomes warmer.
• The cause of global warming is the increasing amount of ______ in the atmosphere.
• The ozone layer protects the earth from harmful radiation from the sun called ______.
• Poor water quality, heavy metal contamination in the rivers and plastics in the ocean are
examples of _______.
• An acid rain is an example of what type of pollution?
• Sounds from vehicles that affects behavior of species such as lowered mating rates and increase
of avoidance in that area is an example of _________.
• This pollution disrupts the natural patterns of wildlife due to excessive use of light.
• Burning of fossil fuels can cause nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide to react that leads to
rain that can slowly destroy buildings and affect the pH of water supplies in the environment.
What phenomena is this?
• Large patches of forests that are lost because they are not replaced as fast as they are
harvested.
• It is the responsible use of natural resources to protect the environment.
• Biodiversity has three key components except ________.
• It is important for food, drugs, maintaining ecological stability, aesthetic and cultural
benefits.
• A change in water quality caused by human activities that impacts living organisms.
• Species that are not native in the area and have no natural predators.
• It is a serious burden in our ecosystems and finances worldwide.
• The process when habitats become smaller pockets due to human activity.
• Any garbage or refuse, sludge or other discarded material resulting from industrial, commercial,
mining and agricultural operations.
• Long-term changes in the global climate.
• CFCs is the acronym for ______________.
• What year was it that evidence of a large “ozone hole” was discovered?
• From the previous question, where was it located?
• It describes a group of individual species.
• It describes a collection of different species in an area.
• A population that shows a J-shaped graph is said to be _________.
• A population that has reached an S-shaped graph is said to be ______.
• Age structure where majority of the population is not mature enough to reproduce.
• Age structure where majority of the population is capable of reproduction.
• Age structure where majority of the population are those too old to reproduce.
• The number of individuals in a population found in a particular area or volume
• Species that tend to be opportunists and reproduce quickly.
• Species that tend to be competitive and have longer gestation period
• It occurs when natural environments are transformed or modified to serve human needs.
• A process where biodiversity is removed faster than it can be replenished.
• Species that have spread outside of their natural habitat and threaten biodiversity in their
new area.
• It creates deadzones in the water. Deadzones are areas of no oxygen in aquatic bodies.
• An air pollution phenomena where there is an accumulation of smoke and fumes in urban cities.
• It is anything that degrades water quality.
• It is the final driver of biodiversity loss.
• It is the responsible use of natural resources.
• It is caused by a build-up of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere and alters climate
patterns.
• A loss of a nearly all population of a species or its entirety.
• Species where its population is threatened to extinction.
• Species whose area is restricted to a particular area; often endangered.
• Local parts of the habitat become separated because of habitat loss.
• It is the layer in the atmosphere which blocks or lessens the amount of UV radiation.
• These chemicals were the cause of the “ozone hole”.