Environmental Science

Final Exam

Study Guide

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FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE June 13 and 16, 2014

Friday, June 13, 2014

Block One classes 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Block Three classes 9:30 a.m. –10:45 a.m. Block Four classes 11:00 a.m. –12:15 p.m. 12:15 pm dismissal –buses depart

Monday, June 16, 2014

Block Two classes 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Block Five classes 9:30 a.m. –10:45 a.m. 10:45 am dismissal – buses depart Make-Up 11:00 a.m. –12:15 p.m. Late buses will depart after make-up exams at 12:15pm dismissal

Student Attendance

1. Students who are not scheduled for an exam should not report to school. If a student has only one exam, he/she should report to that block only, unless he/she wishes to use the assigned study areas. 2. No student attendance will be taken on exam days. 3. Any student who requests to make-up a missed exam must present an admit

slip from Attendance. Only medical excuses covered by a doctor’s note will be honored by the Attendance Office.

Unit 1: Review in your textbook -Chapters 1, 2

1. Define environmental science:

2. What is a natural resource?

3. Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable resources. Give an example for each.

4. Describe the major environmental effects of hunter-gatherers, the agricultural revolution, and the

industrial revolution.

5. What is biodiversity?

6. Describe the law of supply and demand. Give an example.

7. What is an ecological footprint? Which country has the largest ecological footprint?

8. What is sustainability?

9. Why is it important for scientists to collect extensive amounts of data when experimenting?

10. Why is it important for scientists to communicate their scientific data and conclusions?

11. What is a valid inference based on the information in the graph below?

List the basic International System of Units (AKA – metric units) of measurement for the following:

a. Distance (length) –

b. Mass –

c. Volume –

d. Temperature –

12. What is the volume of the rock in the diagram below?

13. What is the geosphere? Give examples of things that can be found or things that can happen in

the geosphere.

14. What is a convergent plate boundary? Divergent plate boundary? Transform plate boundary?

15. What is the hydrosphere? Give examples of things that can be found or things that can happen in

the hydrosphere.

16. What is the atmosphere? Give examples of things that can be found or things that can happen in

the atmosphere.

17. What is the biosphere? Give examples of things that can be found or things that can happen in

the biosphere.

Unit 2 : Review in your textbook -Chapters 3, 4.1, 5, 6.1

18. Define ecosystem.

19. What is a biotic factor? Give an example.

20. What is an abiotic factor? Give an example.

21. Define habitat.

22. Label the pictures using the following terms: community, population, and organism. Then

define the terms.

23. What is a producer? How does a producer get energy?

24. What is a consumer? How does a consumer get energy?

25. What is a decomposer? How does a decomposer get energy?

26. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

Use the food web diagram below to answer the following questions (#27-28).

27. Which species in the diagram are herbivores?

28. Which species in the diagram are predators?

29. What is the role of photosynthesis and respiration on gases in our atmosphere?

Use the energy pyramid diagram below to answer the following questions (#30).

30. Which species would have the least amount of available energy?

31. What is a plant’s role in the:

a. Carbon cycle –

b. Nitrogen cycle –

c. Phosphorus cycle –

32. Define keystone species. What is its importance in an ecosystem?

33. What is the difference between primary succession and secondary succession? Give an example

for each.

34. Define biome.

35. Define latitude.

36. Describe why vegetation is used to name a biome.

37. What are the main factors that determine the types of plants that will grow in a particular biome?

Unit 3: Review in your textbook - Chapters 8, 9, 21

38. What is a population?

39. Define population density.

40. Fill in the equation below.

= -

41. Define exponential growth.

42. Under what conditions does exponential growth of populations take place?

43. Define carrying capacity.

Use the graph below to answer the following questions (#44-46).

44. Label the exponential growth on this graph.

45. Label the carrying capacity on this graph.

Changes in

population size

46. What happens to the population after it reaches the carrying capacity?

47. What might happen to a species if it has to compete for natural resources?

48. Use the graph below to answer the following questions. What has happened to the human

population growth rate over the past 200 years? Why?

49. How does human population growth impact the environment?

50. How has educating women affected birthrates worldwide?

51. Why is it difficult to reduce human population growth?

52. What would happen to the human population if over a long period of time, each couple in a

population had only two offspring?

53. How does an economic incentive effect the environment?

54. How can citizens affect environmental policy at the local, state, and national level?

Unit 4: Review in your textbook chapters 17 &18

55. Define fossil fuel.

56. What are the advantages and disadvantages of producing energy by burning fossil fuels?

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

57. What is nuclear energy?

58. What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy?

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

59. Define energy efficiency. Give an example.

60. Define energy conservation. Give an example.

61. Describe each of the following types of renewable energy, including their advantages and

disadvantages.

- Solar Energy

-Wind Energy

-Biomass

-Hydroelectric Energy

-Geothermal Energy

-Tidal Energy

Unit 5: Review in your textbook - Chapters 11, 12.1, 12.3, 19

62. What is the water cycle?

63. Why is groundwater important?

64. What are the positive and negative effects of building a dam?

65. Compare point-source pollution and non-point pollution. Give an example of each.

66. What is biomagnification? How does it impact an ecosystem’s energy pyramid?

67. What are the environmental benefits of open spaces in urban areas?

68. What does it mean for waste to be biodegradable?

69. How can resources be conserved? Describe the 3R’s.

70. What types of waste can be composted?

71. What are some problems associated with modern landfills?

72. Define hazardous waste.

Unit 6: Review in your textbook chapters 13, 10

73. Compare climate and weather.

74. Why does latitude greatly influence climate?

75. What is the main function of the ozone layer in our atmosphere?

76. What human-made chemical damages the ozone layer?

77. How might humans (and animals) be impacted by ozone depletion?

78. Define global warming. How is global warming different than the greenhouse effect?

79. What might be the cause for increased levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere during the 20th

century?

80. Use the graph below to answer the following question. According to scientific evidence, what is

the relationship between carbon dioxide levels and global temperature?

81. What are the major differences between today’s global warming and Earth’s previous climate

changes?

82. List three ways in which biodiversity is important to humans.

83. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

84. What is the difference between an endangered species and a threatened species?

85. Define extinction.

86. List 4 ways humans cause extinctions.

87. How can endangered species be saved?

Review your notes, textbook, and old worksheets for more study opportunities! Good Luck!