Midterm Review

Humans should strive to live _______

According to environmentalism,all your possession should be_____________

Too many possessions results in a loss of ______

Sunlight, air, forests, minerals, and water are all _______

The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment is called_____________

When the last member of a species dies,_________is said to have occurred

Copper ore, petroleum, and diamonds are all__________

during the ___________period in history, humans lived in tribes and used fires to maintain prairie habitat

during the__________period in history, plants and animals were domesticated and human populations grew rapidly

rapid population growth, poverty, and reduced life expectancy are all characteristics of ________countries

a persons ________________is an indication of the productive area of earth needed to produce the resources consumed by that individual

the essay entitled “the tragedy of the commons” was written to illustrate the environmental conflicts that occur when many people in a community take advantage of the same____________in that area

high fossil fuel consumption, low population growth rates, and high life expectancy are all charactistics of _________countries

the chance that an event will happen is known as _________

in statistics, the group of individuals used to represent the population is called the_______

a __________________model is a systematic process you can use to help you make decisions about environmental issues

the _________________consists of a series of steps used by scientists to identify and answer questions

the initial source of food in most ocean and freshwater ecosystems is

the initial source of food in most land ecosystems is

the living and once living parts of an ecosystem, including all the plants and animals, are _____factors in the ecosystem

the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as rocks, light, air, and temperature, are ________factors in the ecosystem

raccoons in tennessee and raccoons in Illinois are members of the same ______, while all the raccoons in a forest in wisconsin are a ___________of raccoons

algae are a type of organism in the kingdom of ______

unlike other organisms, _______do not have cell nuclei