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what are environmentalists concerned with - people and environment explain sustainable development - meet needs for indefinite future what is sustainability - whether or not it can be continued indefinitely main problem caused by population growth - increased demand for resources what themes are used to maintain a long tern relationship with the natural world - sustainability, stewarship, sound science what is the major biome of the central US - grassland what biome is not found in the US...

APES Final Review Vocabulary, All Definitions, 100% examinable. Rated A+ Average residence time - -time it takes for a given part of the total reservoir of a particular material to by cycled through the system Gaia - -Greek goddess Mother Earth Sustainability - -the ability to meet humanity's current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs Lag time - -time between a stimulus and the response of a system Volatile Organic Compounds - -a va...

APES Final Exam Review, Sections coverage, exam predictor, rated A+ abiotic - -Pertaining to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving. acid - -Any compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also, a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions. A layer - -a soil horizon; the layer below the O layer is called the A layer. The A layer is formed of weathered rock, with some organic material; often referred to as topsoi...

APES FINAL EXAM PRACTICE TEST SOLUTION 2022-2023 What is the underlying issue to all Environmental Problems? A. Human population growth B. The growth of the Automobile industry C. Increased use of GMOs D. Coal burning power plants - What is Carrying Capacity (In reference to Earth)? A. How much weight the Earth can hold B. How many people needed to hold the Earth C. The max number of individuals Earth can support D. All of the above - What is Earths estimated carrying capacity...

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Anthropocentric regarding humans as most significant species; human-centered Tragedy of the Commons the depletion of shared resources by people acting in individual interest Triple Bottom Line approach to sustainability that meets environmental, economic, and social goals (business) Inorganic Compounds compounds that lack carbon and hydrogen atoms Organic Compounds compounds that contain carbon-based molecules Positive Feedback Loop when the response to a...

APES Unit 4 Final Exam Prediction Questions 2024. Where is most of Earth's freshwater found? - correct answer glaciers and icecaps Define aquifers - correct answer permeable layers of rock and sediment What is the difference between confined and unconfined aquifer? - correct answer A confined aquifer is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water. Layers of impermeable material are both above and below the aquifer, causing it to be under pressure so that when the aquif...

4. This layer of the earth's atmosphere has the highest density of any atmospheric layer and contains most of the water vapor in the atmosphere - Troposphere -Stratosphere -Mesosphere -Thermosphere - Troposphere 1. Which stage of the demographic transition birth and death rates are approximitly equal. Low death rates influenced by improvements in health care and food production and a stable or decreasing population - D. D 2. Which stage has both high birth rates and high d...

Apes Biodiversity Final Exam Prediction Questions 2024. Biodiversity - correct answer Biodiversity is the sum total of the genetically based variety of all organisms in the biosphere. species diversity - correct answer The number and variety of species in the world or in a particular region. Species Richness - correct answer The number of different species in a community Genetic diversity - correct answer Differences in DNA among individuals ecosystem diversity - correct answer The ...