Exam 1

Question 1

Seven primary influences on the environment

Answer 1

Population and consumption, hunger and food, climate change, clean water, air quality, energy resources, biodiversity loss

Question 2

Top 5 most populated countries (g to l)

Answer 2

China, India, U.S., Indonesia, Brazil

CUB with I’s in the middle

Question 3

Global population

Answer 3

7.4 billion

Question 4

Climate change (definition)

Answer 4

A change in climate patterns from increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere produced by fossil fuels

Question 5

How does climate change negatively impact animal species?

Answer 5

Changing their food resources, air temp, and homes

Question 6

What region is experiencing climate change more quickly than others?

Answer 6

Arctic areas

Question 7

Most costly impact on Inuit communities?

Answer 7

Replacing the infrastructures from permafrost (seasonal melting)

Question 8

Top 3 green house gasses

Answer 8

Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide

Question 9

What percent of the Earth’s water is fresh drinking water?

Answer 9

2.5%

Question 10

What is Air Quality index?

Answer 10

A number used to communicate how polluted the air is

Question 11

What AQI compounds are measured?

Answer 11

Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide

Question 12

Scientific method steps in order

Answer 12

Observe
Question
Research
Hypothesis
Experiment
Data Analysis
Conclusion
(repeat)

Question 13

What three things does the scientific method rely on? (not important)

Answer 13

Reproducible, replicated, peer reviewed

Question 14

2 considerations on how large a sample size should be

Answer 14

Large enough to be:

• an accurate representation of population
• achieve statistically significant results

Question 15

Simple random sampling

Answer 15

Equal probability of being chosen

Names out of hat

Question 16

Stratified random sampling

Answer 16

Divide into subgroups, then take random from each group

Question 17

Best sampling choice for “baboon study” and why?

Answer 17

Stratified, because there needs to be two subgroups: low and high ranking females. Then random from those groups.

Question 18

Science

H: new evidence, claims

Answer 18

Willing to change with new evidence

Limits claims of usefulness

Question 19

Pseudoscience

H: evidence, claims

Answer 19

Fixed ideas

Claims of widespread usefulness

Question 20

Explain 3 discoveries from dinosaur studies that demonstrate science’s willingness to change with new evidence (recent studies)

Answer 20

• Reclassified aquatic and flying reptiles
• More color
• Feathers

Question 21

Adaptions can be:

3

Answer 21

Physical, physiological, behavioral

Question 22

Mutations can be:

3

Answer 22

Beneficial, neutral, lethal

Question 23

3 main areas of study Darwin used for his famous theory

Answer 23

Natural History, Palentology, Embyology

Question 24

Artificial selection

Answer 24

Humans choose which characteristics will be emphasized in continuing generations

Question 25

Natural selection

Answer 25

Biological traits become more or less common in a population (inherited traits from organisms interacting with others)

Question 26

3 types of natural selection pressures

Answer 26

Predation, resource availability, behavior

Question 27

3 primary features wildlife managers should know to conserve a species

Answer 27

Weight/length, diet, sexual maturity

Question 28

Define an unintended consequence on a non-targeted species

Answer 28

Fisherman often use dolphins to locate tuna and they get caught with them. -The net lowers into a long, narrow channel that the corks holding the net sink, so dolphins can swim away.

Question 29

What is the biotic potential of a species?

Answer 29

The maximum rate of natural increase that can occur in the population under ideal circumstances

Question 30

Why "r" never really constant? List 4 pressures that limit population.

Answer 30

Births Immigration (in) Deaths Emigration (exit)

Question 31

Carrying capacity ("K")

Answer 31

Number of individuals that can be supported in a certain area without depleting resources

Question 32

3 primary characteristics of "K-selected" species

Answer 32

Long life span, slow sex maturity, produce few young

Question 33

List 3 primary characteristics of "r-selected" species

Answer 33

Short life span, quick sex maturity, produce many young

Question 34

3 hidden external costs in $4.99 radio

Answer 34

Employees covering their own health insurance, loss of natural resources, loss of clean air

Question 35

How did de Waal's experiment demonstrate fairness in capuchin monkeys?

Answer 35

If they get the same one, they're fine. If they get something different, the one the felt lesser (cucumber) declines it.

Question 36

Mary Schweitzer -wisdom regarding tissue decay

Answer 36

Soft tissue in Dino bones with flexible, empty blood vessels

Question 37

Human genome project?

Answer 37

Differences between chimps and humans (switches)