Unit Test 1 Review

Environmental Understanding, Ethics & Philosophy

Key Vocabulary
Anthropocentric
Anthropogenic
Biocentric
Conservation
Preservation
NIMBY (not in my backyard)
Utilitarianism
Pinchot

Review Questions
1. What is the present world population?
2. Which countries are the most populated?
3. What percentage of people are considered wealthy and acutely poor?
4. What are the two most important environmental philosophies?

Biodiversity

Key Vocabulary
Adaptive Radiation
Genetic Assimulation
Evolution
Natural Selection
Divergent Evolution
Convergent Evolution
Biodiversity
Captive Breeding
Endangered species
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Exotic species
Extinction
Flagship species
HIPPO
International Wildlife Treaties Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)
Introduced Species
Invasive species
Island Biogeography
Keystone Species
Threatened species
Vulnerable species
Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Essential Questions
1. How do the mass extinctions in the pass differ from the rate of biodiversity loss experienced today?
2. How long does it take biodiversity to recover after a mass extinction?
3. What are the major challenges to preserving the biodiversity on the planet?
4. What characteristics do most endangered species share in terms of territory size requirements? 5. What other features do many endangered species have in common?
6. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) identifies threatened and endangered species in the US and puts their protection ahead of what kind of considerations?
7. What are some of the shortcoming of the ESA and what might be a better way to successfully protect species?
8. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) lists species that cannot be traded in what form?
9. Why do invasive species have such a field day in their new environment?
10. What are some examples of endangered and extinct species?

Biological Communities and Species Interaction

Key Vocabulary
Abundance
Adaptation
Biome
Climax community
Commensalism
Competition
Competitive Exclusion
Community
Diversity
Ecological succession
Ecosystem
Evolution
Genetic Drift
Habitat
Indicator Species
Keystone species
Limiting factor
Mutualism
Natural selection
Niche
Parasitism
Physiological
Pioneer species
Population
Predation
Primary productivity
Primary succession
Producers
Range of Tolerance
Resilience
Resource partitioning
Richness
Secondary succession
Selective pressure
Species
Succession
Tolerance limits
Variable
Critical Limiting Factor
Stability

Review Questions
1. What are the various stages of ecological succession in our area?
2. What are the main types of species interactions?
3. What are the reasons for intraspecific and interspecific competition?
4. What is the relationship between physiological adaptations and evolutionary success?
5. Be able to differentiate between non-inheritable traits and genetically transferable ones in an organism.
6. What limits species abundance?
7. What factors influence community diversity?
8. How do abundance and diversity change in relation to latitude?
9. What are the differences between primary and secondary succession?

Land Use

Key Vocabulary
Clearcutting
Closed canopy
Deforestation
Desertification
Environmental Impact Statement
Federal Land Policy and Management Act
National Environmental Policy Act
Old Growth Forest
Open canopy
Overgrazing
Rangeland Management
Selective Cutting
Sustainable Forestry
Tree plantations
Wilderness Act

Essential Questions
1. What are some of the negative results of deforestation?
2. What are the positive benefits of leaving the forest untouched?
3. How can one remove trees for timber with minimal damage to the ecosystem? 
4. What are the different types of forest management and what are their pros and cons?
5. What are the best methods of rangeland management?