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LAST 5 BASIC CONCEPTS Flashcards

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1
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what is the 6th concept?

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natural resources

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2
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materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans

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renewable

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3
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any natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature

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renewable

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4
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depleted much faster than they are formed

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non-renewable

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5
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limited in supply and cannot be used sustainably

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non-renewable

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6
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example of inexhaustible

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sun/light energy

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7
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what is the 7th concept?

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natural/ecosystem services

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8
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services that the nature provides for people

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provisional

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9
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ecosystems themselves couldn’t be sustained without the consistency of underlying natural processes

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supporting services

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10
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without supporting services, provisional, regulating, and cultural services wouldn’t exist

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supporting services

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11
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non-material benefit that contributes to the development and cultural advancement of people, building of knowledge and the spreading of ideas, creativity born from interactions with nature, and recreation

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cultural

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12
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plants clean air and filter water, bacteria decompose wastes, bees pollinate flowers, and tree roots hold soil in place to prevent erosion

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regulating

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13
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what is the 8th concept?

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natural capital

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14
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natural resources + natural services + sun

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natural capital

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15
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rate at which an ecosystem’s producers convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of biomass found in their tissues

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gross primary productivity

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16
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  • dry weight of all organic matter contained in its organisms
  • transferred from one trophic level to another
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biomass

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17
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rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus the rate at which they use some of this stored chemical energy through aerobic respiration

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net primary productivity

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18
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measures how fast producers can produce chemical energy that is stored in their tissue and potentially available to other organisms in an ecosystem

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net primary productivity

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19
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types of consumers

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herbivores, carnivores, omnivores

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20
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who are the primary consumers

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herbivore, feeds on producers

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21
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who are the secondary consumers

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carnivores feed on herbivores

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22
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who are the tertiary consumer

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carnivores that feed on other carnivores

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23
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what is the 9th concept?

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ecological footprints

24
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biologically productive land and water needed to indefinitely supply the people in a particular country or area with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution produced by such resource use

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ecological footprints

25
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how much resources from the environment are required to support a specific way of life

A

ecological footprints

26
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maximum number of people that live indefinite comfort without decreasing earth’s sustainability for the future generation

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cultural carrying capacity

27
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the median age in the Philippines is?

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25.7 years

28
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total land area in the philippines is?

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298,170 km2

29
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model that shows how population resource consumption per person, and the beneficial or harmful effects of technology to determine environmental impact of humans

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IPAT model

30
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what does IPAT means?

A

impact
population
affluence
technology

31
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equation of IPAT

A

I = P x A x T

32
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factors affecting population size

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birth rate/ natality and death rate/mortality

33
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crude birth rate = annual number of live births per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year

A

birth rate/natality

34
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crude death rate = annual number of deaths per 1000 people in the population of a geographic area at the mid point of a given year

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death rate/ mortality

35
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estimate of the average number of children per woman born to women of childbearing years (ages 15-44) in a given population in a year

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total fertility rate

36
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increase in population size in a certain geographic area that isn’t caused by natural increase but by people deciding to move with intent of staying

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migration

37
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travelling into another

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immigration

38
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travelling out of a place

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emigration

39
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Economic Factors That Affect Natality and Total Fertility Numbers

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urbanization, average age at marriage, cost of raising and educating children, availability of legal abortions, religion/beliefs

40
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best measures of a society’s quality of life because it reflects a country’s general level of nutrition and health care

A

infant mortality rate

41
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average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live

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life expectancy

42
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factors that affect death rate

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life expectancy and infant mortality rate

43
Q

gobble up the country side

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urban sprawl

44
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cement, asphalt

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urban heat island (UHI)

45
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what is the 10th concept?

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biomes

46
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identification of terrestrial

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temperature and precipitation

47
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how many major terrestrial biomes are there?

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8

48
Q

sand came from?

A

broken down rock minerals

49
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it came from from decaying trees, leaves, microorganisms that are broken down by bacteria or fungi

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soil

50
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3 types of aquatic

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freshwater, marine, estuarine

51
Q

what has hypotonic (less solute) and many H2O

A

freshwater

52
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what has hypertonic (many solute or salt) and many NaCl

A

marine

53
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what do you call the meeting point of freshwater and marine

A

estuarine

54
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it is still classified mostly as marine environment

A

estuarine

55
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more emission of greenhouse gases and air pollution can contribute to ?

A

urban sprawl

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