1. Unit 1 Review
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2. POWERPOINT JEOPARDY
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Vocabulary
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3. Give an example of a non-renewable resource.
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas

4. What does an ecological footprint represent?
The environmental effects of an individual or population based on the amount of land and water needed for raw materials and for disposing of or recycling waste

5. What are the steps of the scientific method?
Observation, hypothesis, experiment, data collection, analysis

6. Describe the tragedy of the commons in your own words.
How can we avoid it?
People who share a common resource can organize, cooperate, and enforce responsible use of the resource.

7. What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable.
Give an example of each within an experiment.
The variable a scientist manipulates in an experiment – independent
A variable that depends on the conditions set up in an experiment - dependent

8. What is eco-labeling? Give an example.
Labeling products to identify brands that are made with processes that do not harm the environment

9. How is environmental policy characterized in the 1950s and 1960s?
So much pollution that people finally took a stand and became environmentally active – Rachel Carson’s silent spring

10. Define command and control approach.
Give an example.

11. Which agency promotes research and programs that provide information to international policymakers?
UN, EU, WTO, or WB?
United Nations

12. Describe a “service” that ecological systems provide for free.
Sample answer: Ecological systems purify air and water, cycle nutrients, and serve as containers and recycling centers for wastes produced by economic activities.

13. How is a negative feedback loop different from a positive feedback loop?

14. What are the four macromolecules that make up all of life?
Proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids

15. What are the steps of the water cycle?

16. Name two components of the atmosphere.
Ozone, greenhouse gases, and oxygen

17. What is nitrogen fixation and how does it occur?

18. Define hypothesis. How is it different from a theory?
a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon – hypothesis
a broad explanation for a wide range of situations and observations - theory

19. Scientists often use _______________ to generate predictions when they cannot observe the phenomenon directly.
models

20. Define subsidy. Give an example.
A giveaway of cash or public resources to encourage an activity or lower a product’s price

21. The process in which several scientists read an article and provide feedback to the author is known as
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22. What is eutrophication? What happens as a result?

23. What are the basic components of matter?
Define matter.
What are the basic components of matter?
Any material that has mass and occupies space.
Atoms

24. Name and describe three of Earth’s spheres.
Biosphere, Lithosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere

25. Which of the biogeochemical cycles never enters the atmosphere?
Phosphorous

26. What is the difference between anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism?
Eco – whole environmental systems
Bio – all living things
Anthro – humans and human welfare

27. Briefly describe the role of the legislative, judicial, and executive branch.
House of Rep and Congress introduces new legislation (proposed laws)
Interprets law
President approves or vetoes laws and assigns an agency to enforce it