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January 11, 2010
Environmental Science Midterm Review for Wilson
SO! It turns out that I'm lazier than I believed myself (or I have too little time to type up every vocab word to help you out, since the evil Physics midterm review must be completed). But nonetheless I have a dangerous plan.
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I = PAT - Impact = Population * Affluence * Technology
Troposphere – the first layer of the atmosphere – hot to cold with height
Tropopause – the intermediate layer between the troposphere and stratosphere where the jet stream is found
Stratosphere – the second layer of the atmosphere – from cold to hot according to height – the ozone layer is located in this region
Stratopause – the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere
Mesosphere - the third layer of the atmosphere – hot to cold with height – the place where meteors enter the atmosphere
Mesopause – the boundary between the thermosphere (ionosphere) and the mesosphere – the coldest place on earth
Thermosphere (Ionosphere) – fourth and largest layer of the atmosphere – from cold to hot according to height – this is the place where the ionized gases occur, influencing the magnetosphere and propagation of radio waves – space station in this layer
Divergent boundaries – tectonic plates are moving away from each other – Mid-Atlantic Ridge, East African Rift
Transform Boundaries – boundaries characterized by horizontal motion – San Andreas Fault
Nitrification – biological oxidation of ammonia into nitrite
Ammonification – conversion of organic nitrogen into ammonia
Synergism – different entities cooperate to better the final outcome
Neritic Zone – zone from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf – has well-oxygenated water, low water pressure, and relatively stable temperature and salinity levels.
Pelagic Zone – water in the open ocean that goes from the top of the ocean almost to the bottom.
Type I Survivorship – humans – live until old age, then die quickly
Type II Survivorship – squirrels – die off pretty constantly
Type III Survivorship – mollusks – die off en masse early on, but later survive for a long time
Differential Reproduction – the heritability of advantageous traits that, through reproduction, cause a higher proportion of the population to exhibit them.
APG = (CBD-CDR)/10
DT = 70/APG OR 72/APG, whichever is more useful
Alfisol – good native fertility and enriched with clay – formed below forests – has aluminum or iron content
Mollisol – highest native fertility – formed below grasslands – a giant A horizon.
Oxisol – infertile – formed below tropical rain forests – acidic
Aridisol – infertile and dry – formed in the deserts or arid regions – low concentration of organic matter
Purse-Seine fishing – large nets that sit in water and are then lifted out with aquatic organisms inside them (not like drift nets, which are left for a long time and then collected)
Trawler fishing – pulling a giant net that scrapes along the sea floor and collects aquatic organisms!
Hope these facts help =)
There are 30,000 species of plants that humans can eat.
The First Green Revolution started in the 1950's.
Rosy Periwinkle helps cure leukemia.
Tropical Rainforest has poor soil with little nutrients.
Just to add, Vincristine in the Rosy Periwinkle helps cure leukemia; not sure which answer he is going to have :)
nothing on fishing, survivorship curves, mining, ocean zones or sections of the atmosphere is on the test AT ALL. Know the parts of the nitrogen cycle by definition (ammonification, nitrification, assimilation) and be sure to study the most recent topics the most. good luck, I studied for hours and barely pulled a 90%
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