questions and answers11
replacement level fertility - ANSWERS-total fertility rate needed for a population to remain
constant
biomagnification - ANSWERS-accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
bioaccumulation - ANSWERS-the build up of a substance (usually a toxin) as it passes through a
food chain
demographic transition - ANSWERS-change in a population from high birth and death rates to
low birth and death rates
intercropping - ANSWERS-Growing two or more different crops at the same time on a plot.
clean water act - ANSWERS-set maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants that can be
discharged into waterways..aim to make surface waters swimmable and fishable
biological controls - ANSWERS-use of natural predators, pathogens, or competitors to regulate
pest populations
IPM - ANSWERS-integrated pest management. the use of several different methods of control to
reduce the p[population of a particular pest, minimizing the use of pesticides
monocultures - ANSWERS-large areas of land with a single plant variety (very vulnerable)
, rock cycle - ANSWERS-sequence of events in which rocks are formed, destroyed, altered, and
reformed by geological processes
ecology - ANSWERS-the study of living things
environmental science - ANSWERS-the study of how we interact with our environment
positive feedback - ANSWERS-situation in which change in certain direction provides info that
causes system to change further in same direction (giving birth)
negative feedback loop - ANSWERS-change in certain direction that provides system to change
in less in that direction (ac)
homeostasis - ANSWERS-maintenance of favorable internal conditions
synergy - ANSWERS-result when two people work together to accomplish a task
70/percent of growth rate - ANSWERS-equation for doubling time
(births+immigration) - (death+emigration) - ANSWERS-growth rate formula
china and india - ANSWERS-2 countries with largest populations
hunting and gathering nomads - ANSWERS-1st agricultural communities
kinetic energy - ANSWERS-energy that matter has because of its mass and speed or velocity (ex:
heat)