Lovelock Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

model - a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium

ANTH 202 40 Study Questions Chapter 4 1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discover...

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

model a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium

model - Answer-a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - Answer-type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - Answer-type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - Answer-developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium isolated system - Answer-typ...

System An assemblage of parts and the relationships between them which enable them to work together to form a functioning whole Ecosystem A community of organisms and their abiotic environment Biome A group of ecosystems with a similar climate The Gaia Hypothesis - The proposition that the Earth can be regarded as a single functioning system - Suggested by James Lovelock - Developed further by Lynn Margulis