Past Quiz Reviews:

Ecology III (2/20)

• What are biogeochemical cycles?
• What is the law of conservation of matter?
• What are the 6 major elements in living organisms?
• What are the reservoirs for these elements?
• What are the 4 basic biogeochemical cycles?
• Nitrogen cycle: how does nitrogen move from the atmosphere into organisms? From organisms back to the environment?
• Carbon cycle: how does carbon move in and out of the 4 carbon reservoirs (atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, organisms)
• 5 types of ecosystem services

Ecology II (2/18)

• What is energy?
• What is energy quality?
• What is the second law of thermodynamics?
• What is a food chain?
• What is a food web?
• What is the basic ‘energy pyramid’ for an ecosystem?

Ecology I (2/13)

• What are the four components of the earth?
• What is the Biosphere?
• What are the four levels of organization in Ecology?
• What are the five basic structural components of an ecosystem?
• What is the difference between primary and secondary consumers?
• Is energy recycled in an ecosystem?

Meterology II (2/11)

• Warm air holds (more or less) water vapor than cold air holds ?
• As air heats up, the relative humidity increases or decreases?
• As air rises, the relative humidity increases or decreases?
• Three ways that air rises and causes rain?
• Can you explain them?
• Why doesn’t it rain in Tucson?

Meteorology I (2/6)

• Why do we care about climate?
• What are the three factors that determine temperature?
• How do these factors affect temperature?
• What causes the seasons?

Plate Tectonics (2/4)

• Where does the material of the ocean floor come from?
• Where does the old ocean floor go?
• What force is strong enough to move continents and ocean floors?
• Be able to define the following:
• Divergent Plate Boundary
• Ocean-Continent Convergent Plate Boundary
• Ocean-Ocean Convergent Plate Boundary
• Continent-Continent Convergent Plate Boundary
• Transform Plate Boundary
• Explosive Volvanoes
• Non-explosive (blooping) Volcanoes

Science (1/30)

• Be able to list and apply the 8 steps in the process of science
• Be able to list and apply the 3 rules of science
• Be able to define terms discussed

Social Traps (1/28)

• Define social traps
• List and define specific social traps
• Give examples for each social trap
• Given an environmental problem, recognize applicable social traps
• Describe ways to avoid social traps and their pros and cons
• List the 4 attitudes given in class that affect the way people look at and act upon environmental problems. For each attitude, what is the problem with holding that attitude? What attitude should replace these?