Environment and Ecology Review Sheet

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Review the Unit Vocab list.

Define abiotic and biotic factors. Give at least 3 examples of each.
Explain how the terms biosphere, ecosystem, & community are connected.
What is the difference between a food chain, a food web, and an ecological pyramid?
What is the difference between the terms population and diversity?
What type of population could you determine using each of the following methods?
* Counting
* Random Sampling
* Mark & recapture
7. Explain the differences in an ecosystem that causes a population to display an S-curve compared to
a J-curve.
8. Provide 2 different examples of pollution. What are possible effects of pollution?
9. Explain the cause(s) & effect(s) of deforestation, acid rain, global warming, and ozone depletion.
10. How are the greenhouse effect and global warming connected?
11. Why are fossil fuels NOT considered renewable resources?
12. Explain how birth rate & death rate, carrying capacity, and limiting factors relate to the J-curve of
human population growth.
13. Review possible solutions/prevention to the major global environmental issues. See your
Environmental Issues Table; Environmental Solutions Scavenger Hunt & the Energy Fix
worksheet.
14. How do the following help with reducing your ecological footprint?
3 Rs
Sustainability
Conservation
Environment and Ecology Review Sheet
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Review the Unit Vocab list.

Define abiotic and biotic factors. Give at least 3 examples of each.
Explain how the terms biosphere, ecosystem, & community are connected.
What is the difference between a food chain, a food web, and an ecological pyramid?
What is the difference between the terms population and diversity?
What type of population could you determine using each of the following methods?
* Counting
* Random Sampling
* Mark & recapture
7. Explain the differences in an ecosystem that causes a population to display an S-curve compared to
a J-curve.
8. Provide 2 different examples of pollution. What are possible effects of pollution?
9. Explain the cause(s) & effect(s) of deforestation, acid rain, global warming, and ozone depletion.
10. How are the greenhouse effect and global warming connected?
11. Why are fossil fuels NOT considered renewable resources?
12. Explain how birth rate & death rate, carrying capacity, and limiting factors relate to the J-curve of
human population growth.
13. Review possible solutions/prevention to the major global environmental issues. See your
Environmental Issues Table; Environmental Solutions Scavenger Hunt & the Energy Fix
worksheet.
14. How do the following help with reducing your ecological footprint?
3 Rs
Sustainability
Conservation