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Chapter 3 Exam

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Human Geography
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human migration
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immigration
emigration
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The ability to move from one location to another is 1) _________ A) mobility. B) voluntary migration. C) variable migration. D) net migration. E) migration. 2) Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because 2) _________ A) disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country. B) poor environmental conditions induced them to migrate. C) they were attracted to the United States. D) Spanish invasion threatened their homes. E) the English forced them to become refugees. 3) Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted 3) _________ A) migrants move most frequently for economic reasons. B) women are more likely to migrate than men.

Biome for Colorad Springs

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Environmental Science
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Physical geography
biome
Habitats
Ecoregions
Grassland
Geography
Tundra
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Colorado
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M2A1 Eric Mackey For this assignment, identify the biome in which you live. Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, respond to the following: Explain how humans have impacted the biome in which you live. List the types of environmental damage that have been caused and the species that have been impacted. Describe the major pollution issues for your biome, and elaborate on the sources of this pollution. List any species that have become extinct in this biome. Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references. Write your initial response in approximately 300?350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Communities and Biomes

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Biology
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biome
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Savanna
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Chapter 3 Communities and Biomes Communities Life in a Community Limiting factor: any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms. Tolerance: the ability of an organism to withstand fluctuations in biotic and abiotic environmental factors Succession: Changes over Time Succession: the orderly, natural changes and species replacements that take place in the communities of an ecosystem Succession occurs in stages. At each stage, different species of plants and animals may be present. Primary succession: the colonization of barren land by communities of organisms The first species to take hold in an area like this are called pioneer species.

Principles of Ecology

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Biology
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metabolism
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Nitrogen cycle
Carbon Cycle
Energy flow
Environment

Principles of Ecology Organisms and Their Environment What is Ecology? Ecology: the study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment The Biosphere Biosphere: the part of Earth that supports life The biosphere includes the top portion of Earth?s crust, all the waters that cover Earth?s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds Earth. The biosphere is made up of different environments that are home to different kinds of organisms. Ecosystem: all the living organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment Biotic factors: living organisms in an ecosystem (ex. bison, grass, birds, insects) Abiotic factors: nonliving features of an ecosystem (ex. water, temperature, sunlight, soil, air) Levels of Organization

AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 10

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agriculture
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Subsistence agriculture
Crop rotation
Wheat
Thresh
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Business

Agribusiness Agriculture Cereal grain Chaff Combine Commercial agriculture Crop Crop rotation Desertification Double cropping Grain Green revolution Horticulture Hull Intensive subsistence agriculture Milkshed Paddy Pastoral nomadism Pasture Plantation Prime agricultural land Ranching Reaper Ridge tillage Sawah Shifting cultivation Slash-and-burn agriculture Spring wheat Subsistence agriculture Sustainable agriculture Swidden Thresh Transhumance Wet rice Winnow Winter wheat
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AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 3

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Brain drain Chain migration Circulation Counter urbanization Emigration Floodplain Forced migration Guest workers Immigration Internal migration International migration Interregional migration Intervening obstacle Intraregional migration Migration Migration transition Mobility Net migration Pull factor Push factor Quotas Refugees Unauthorized immigrants Voluntary migration
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AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 1

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Transport phenomena
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Meridian, Mississippi
Possibilism
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Mississippi
Environment

Agricultural density: Arithmetic density: Base line: Cartography: Concentration: Connections: Contagious diffusion: Cultural ecology: Cultural landscape: Culture: Density: Diffusion: Distance decay: Distribution: Environmental determinism: Expansion diffusion: Formal region: Functional region: Geographic information system: Global positioning system: Globalization: Greenwich mean time: Hearth: Hierarchial diffusion: International date line: Land Ordinance of 1785: Latitude: Location: Longitude: Map: Mental Map: Meridian: Parallel: Pattern: Physiological density: Place: Polder: Possibilism: Prime meridian: Principal meridian: Projection: Region: Regional studies: Relocation diffusion: Remote sensing: Resource: Scale: Section: Site: Situation: Space: Space-time comparison:

The Earth and Its Peoples: A global history. Second editon. Chapter 1 outline.

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World History
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Cenozoic
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anthropology
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Human Evolution
Sociocultural evolution
human
Neolithic
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Homo
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Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

Lab safety

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Chemistry
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Laboratory Safety Chemistry is a laboratory science. As part of your laboratory experience you will be required to handle many chemical substances, some of which may pose a health risk. It is your responsibility to always follow the proper procedures and guidelines for handling these chemicals You and your parents must agree to and sign the safety contract in order to participate in lab activities. Failure to comply with safety guidelines may result in your removal from the class and loss of credit for the work that is done in your absence. Conduct in the Chemistry Lab Food and drink are strictly prohibited in the laboratory. When first entering the room, do not touch any chemicals or equipment until you are instructed to do so.

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