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| 5774259322 | Fronteir worlveiw | Encourages exploitation or resources. We should "conquer wild and use for human use | 0 | |
| 5774259323 | Stewardship worldview | We can manage earth for our benefit but have a ethical responsibility to be responsible stewards of this earth | 1 | |
| 5774259324 | Paradigm shift | Change in underlying assumptions. New information better than old or something | 2 | |
| 5774259325 | Ecology | The study of relationships between living organisms and their environment; study of the structure and functions of nature | 3 | |
| 5774259326 | Atomic number | Number of protons in nucleus of atom | 4 | |
| 5774259327 | Half life | Amount of time it takes for half of substance to break down | 5 | |
| 5774259328 | Abiotic factors | (Light/Temp/Water) non living | 6 | |
| 5774259329 | Omnivores | Organisms that feed off of both plants and animals | 7 | |
| 5774259330 | Niche | Organisms ___ would be an analogous to its way of life | 8 | |
| 5774259331 | Nitrification is done by what | Bacteria | 9 | |
| 5774259332 | Keystone species | Have large effects on the type and abundance of species | 10 | |
| 5774259333 | Indicator species | Species that serve as an early warning to environment problems | 11 | |
| 5774259334 | Symbiotic relationship where one benefits and one isn't affected | Commmensialism | 12 | |
| 5774259335 | Clustered/Clumped | Most common pattern of populatikn | 13 | |
| 5774259336 | (Birth rate + immigration) - (death rate +emigration) | Population change formula | 14 | |
| 5774259337 | 1000 people | Annual number of live births per ___ | 15 | |
| 5774259338 | Short | How long of lifespans do r species have | 16 | |
| 5774259339 | Risk | Probability of suffering from an injury/disease/harm | 17 | |
| 5774259340 | Hormonally active agents | DDT/PCBs/ what type of agents are these that effect endocrine system | 18 | |
| 5774259341 | Terotegen | Virus/chemical that causes birth defects | 19 | |
| 5774259342 | Percent of population living urban areas at present time | 50% | 20 | |
| 5774259343 | Biomagnification | This process relates to potentially toxic substances as it passes up (increases concentration of chemicals) | 21 | |
| 5774259344 | Urban heat island affect | Urban areas significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas (has to do w colors of buildings and heat on those) | 22 | |
| 5774259345 | Non point source | (Run off from cropland) from diffuse sources | 23 | |
| 5774259346 | Point source | (Smoke stack) Single identifiable source of air, water, noise or light pollution | 24 | |
| 5774259347 | 2nd law of thermodynamics | When energy is converted from one form to another in a physical or chemical change, we end up with low quality energy | 25 | |
| 5774259348 | 1st law of thermodynamics | No energy created nor destroyed when converted to different forms. Energy can be changed from one form to another; it takes high quality energy to get high quality energy | 26 | |
| 5774259349 | Deciduous forest | Type of biome that is oak and hickory dense | 27 | |
| 5774259350 | Species richness | Measure or species biodiversity and number of species in a particular area | 28 | |
| 5774259351 | Cogeneration | Production of 2 useful forms of energy from the same fuel source (waste heat to produce electricity) | 29 | |
| 5774259352 | Solar tower | Solar technology that utilized all rays to one central cell | 30 | |
| 5774259353 | Anthracite Bituminous Lignite Pete | Stages of coal formation highest to lowest heat and carbon content | 31 | |
| 5774259354 | Bituminous and Lignite | High sulfur content | 32 | |
| 5774259355 | Pete | No sulfer | 33 | |
| 5774259356 | Selective Cutting | Type of forest management maintains uneven age of species | 34 | |
| 5774259357 | Carbon dioxide Oxygen | Forests remove what and add what | 35 | |
| 5774259358 | Demographic Transition | Hypothesis that countries, as they become industrialized, have declines in death rates followed by declines in birth rates | 36 | |
| 5774259359 | Crown fire | Most dangerous type of fire: extremely hot forest fire that burns ground vegetation and tree tops | 37 | |
| 5774259360 | Habitat destruction | Overall greatest threat to species | 38 | |
| 5774259361 | Zebra Muscle | Example of an invasive species that affects native species | 39 | |
| 5774259362 | CITES | treaty controlling international trade of endangered species | 40 | |
| 5774259363 | Biomes | Large ecological regions with natural communities or inhabited by certain types of life | 41 | |
| 5774259364 | Methane | Natural gas from wells cont... | 42 | |
| 5774259365 | Fish and Wildlife services | Identification/listing of species done by.. | 43 | |
| 5774259366 | Net energy yeild | Total amount of useful energy available from an energy source minus amount of energy used | 44 | |
| 5774259367 | Distillation | Refining of crude oil (process) | 45 | |
| 5774259368 | Warer | Most common mediator used in reactions | 46 | |
| 5774259369 | Anthracite | High heat night sulfer | 47 | |
| 5774259370 | Mercury | Burning coal releases ___ into enviornment | 48 | |
| 5774259371 | Wind power | Worlds fastest growing renewable energy resource | 49 | |
| 5774403065 | Synergistic | Combined effects produce greater effects than the 2 substances along (alcohol and depressants together) | 50 | |
| 5774403066 | Detritivores | Consumer organism that feeds on dead organisms and waste of living organisms. (Earthworms termites) | 51 | |
| 5774403067 | Primary productivity | Energy output of an area of producers over a given time | 52 | |
| 5774403068 | Primary succession | Rock exposed by receding glacier | 53 | |
| 5774403069 | Cultural carrying capacity | Limit of pop growth that would allow most people in an area to life in reasonable comfort and freedom without impairing the ability of the planet to sustain future generations | 54 | |
| 5774403070 | Demographic transition | Decline in death rates then decline in birth rates | 55 | |
| 5774403071 | Pastures, grasslands and rangelands | Controlling grazing animals to sustain | 56 | |
| 5774403072 | Bitumen | High sulfur heavy oil found in tar sands | 57 | |
| 5774489673 | Interspecific | Competition between 2 diff species | 58 | |
| 5774489674 | Negative feedback loop | Both species benefit off eachother | 59 |
