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NRES 100 Final Exam 2024.Aquifer - correct answer An underground zone from which groundwater can be obtained Wetland Ecosystem Services - correct answer Wetlands mitigate floods, protect coastal areas from storms, improve water quality, recharge groundwater aquifers, serve as sinks, sources or transformers of materials, and produce food and goods for human use Groundwater - correct answer Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock Recharge zone - correct answer ...

NRES 101 Midterm 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selec...

bulk density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/ total soil volume (cm^3) Pore density formula - Answer oven dry weight (g)/volume of soil solids (cm^3) % pore space equation - Answer 100 - ((BD/PD) x 100) organic matter in prairie vs forest soils - Answer forest: all in O horizon, down to about half a meter prairie: slow decline from O horizon all the way down to 2m classifying land parcels - Answer description within sector (i.e. S 1/2 NE 1/4), Sector number (remember how to cou...

Aquifer correct answer: An underground zone from which groundwater can be obtained Wetland Ecosystem Services correct answer: Wetlands mitigate floods, protect coastal areas from storms, improve water quality, recharge groundwater aquifers, serve as sinks, sources or transformers of materials, and produce food and goods for human use Groundwater correct answer: Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock Recharge zone correct answer: A land area into which wa...

Biomagnification correct answer: Biological concentration; The tendency for some substances to concentrate with each trophic level. - toxic substances become increasingly concentrated within living organisms as they move up each step of the food chain. Point Source correct answer: Sources of pollution such as smokestacks, pipes, or accidental spills that are readily identified and stationary Non-Point source correct answer: These are diffuse sources of pollution such as urban runoff ...

NRES 100 Exam 1 Complete Study Guide Exam 2024. sustainable - correct answer - a resource is used in a way that it continues to be available and the ecosystem retains its functions and structure. - ensuring that future generations have equal opportunities to access the resources that our planet offers - types of developments that are economically viable, do not harm the environment, and are socially just carrying capacity - correct answer the maximum number of individuals of a species th...

Aquifer - Answer An underground zone from which groundwater can be obtained Wetland Ecosystem Services - Answer Wetlands mitigate floods, protect coastal areas from storms, improve water quality, recharge groundwater aquifers, serve as sinks, sources or transformers of materials, and produce food and goods for human use Groundwater - Answer Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock Recharge zone - Answer A land area into which water can infiltrate into an aquif...

Wetlands - Answer Can be drained for agriculture or development. Text: landforms such as salt marshes, swamps, bogs, prairie potholes, and vernal pools. adaptive management - Answer is necessary for restoration to succeed.(2) the application of science to the management process. reclamation - Answer restoring land degraded by mining restoration ecology - Answer depends on science to discover what used to be, what is possible, what an ecosystem or species requires to persist, and how d...

Sustainable correct answer: management of natural resources and the environment with goals of allowing the harvest of resources to remain at or above a specified level, ecosystem retains its functions and structure Unsustainable correct answer: a system that cannot grow or survive on its own, is not renewed overtime so it cannot continue any longer. Biogeochemical Cycling correct answer: The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the 4 major physical reserv...