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Phosphorus Cycle
Phosphorus cycle definition,
Where does the cycle operate,
How does phosphorus enter the atm...
16
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Hydrogen Cycle
Hydrologic cycle,
Primary reservoir of water,
Main reservoirs of freshwater
16
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Carbon Cycle
Carbon s importance,
Carbon cycle,
Carbon sinks contain large quanti...
18
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Nitrogen Cycle
Why is n important to living orga...,
Is it a limiting nutrient,
Nitrogen cycle
12
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Terrestrial Biomes
How does depletion of nutrients f...,
Taiga boreal forest climate locat...,
Temperate rainforests climate loc...
10
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Aquatic Biomes
Streams rivers salinity nutrient ...,
Lakes and ponds salinity nutrient...,
Marshlands mangrove swamps salini...
8
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Primary Productivity
Biosphere,
Producer,
Photosynthesis
9
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Trophic Levels
Consumer herbivorecarnivoresecond...,
Scavengerdetritivoredecomposer,
How does energy flow through ecos...
14
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Biodiversity
Which three scales does biodivers...,
How does genetic diversity affect...,
Mutation
24
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Ecological Services
Provision,
Regulating,
Support services
10
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Ecological Succession
Keystone species,
Indicator species,
Secondary succession
6
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Generalist and Specialist Species
Which habitats are specialist and...,
Niche generalist,
What are the qualities of a k sel...
9
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Features of Populations
Survivorship curve,
Type i survivorship curve what is...,
Type ii survivorship curve what i...
21
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Human Populations
What is the biggest factor in dec...,
Why are there lower birth rates i...,
Population change equation
40
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Soil Properties, Formation and Erosion
Water holding capacity,
Physical properties of soil,
Chemical properties of soil
27
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Plate Tectonics
What is a convergent boundary and...,
What is a divergent boundary and ...,
What is a transform boundary and ...
4
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Solar Radiation and Earth's Seasons
What are the layers of the atmosp...,
What is the composition of the ga...,
What are the temperature changes ...
3
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Earth's Geography & Climate
Rainshadow,
What is the effect of large bodie...,
How do land and water differ in t...
7
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Global Wind Patterns
Adiabatic cooling,
Adiabatic heating,
Atmospheric convection current
9
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Earth’s Atmosphere
0
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Watersheds
0
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El Nino and La Nina
0
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Urban Development
Urbanization,
Environmental advantages of urban...,
Impact of urbanization on the loc...
19
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Impacts of Mining
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Aquaculture and the Impacts of Fishing
What is an aquaculture where does...,
Environmental disadvantages of aq...,
Environmental advantages of aquac...
3
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Intergrated Pest Mangement
Integrated pest management ipm,
Benefits of using ipm,
Drawbacks of using ipm
8
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Non-renewable Energy Sources
Which gas comprises most of natur...,
What are three types of coal are ...,
What is the definition of a non r...
50
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Renewable Energy Sources
What is biomass,
What is biofuel,
What is hydroelectricity
39
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Global Energy Distribution and Consumption and Energy Conservation
Where are the largest reserves of...,
Where are the largest reserves of...,
Where are the largest reserves of...
9
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Air Pollution Basics
What air pollutants does coal com...,
What air pollutants does the burn...,
How is air quality affected by th...
22
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Reduction of AIr Pollutants
Clean air act caa,
What conservation efforts have be...,
What conservation efforts have be...
21
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Acid Rain
What is the source of acid rain d...,
What regions does acid despositio...,
How does the kind of bedrock affe...
15
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Indoor Air Pollutants
Asphyxiant ips,
Particulate ips,
Natural source ips
17
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Photochemical Smog, PM and Carbon Dioxide
How does photochemical smog form,
What factors contribute to the fo...,
Effects of photochemical smog
19
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Thermal Inversion and Noise Pollution
What are normal conditions outsid...,
What are the conditions during a ...,
Inversion layer
13
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)/Biomagnification and Bioaccumulation
What are pops persistent organic ...,
What are the characteristics of p...,
Bioaccumulation
8
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Lethal Dose and Dose Response Curve
Lethal dose 50 ld50,
Common unit of ld,
What is ld used for
4
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Pollution and Human Health
Why is it difficult to figure out...,
Dysentery pathogen vector health ...,
Mesothelioma pathogen vector heal...
22
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Solid Waste and Sewage Disposal
Where does solid waste come from,
What is electronic waste,
What are the environmental effect...
25
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Endocrine Disruptors and Thermal Pollution
Thermal pollution,
How do higher temperatures affect...,
What are endocrine disruptors
6
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Human Impacts and Sources of Pollution
What human caused environmental c...,
How can oil pollute oceans
2
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Eutrophication
0
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Oil Spills
How do oil spills occur,
Short term effects of oil spills,
Long term effects of oil spills
14
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The Greenhouse Effect and Increases in the Greenhouse Gases
What are the principal greenhouse...,
What are benefits of the greenhou...,
How does the greenhouse effect work
20
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Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Reducing Ozone Depletion
What is the importance of stratos...,
What is causing stratospheric ozo...,
What is the effect of stratospher...
7
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Ocean Warming and Acidification
How does climate change affect co...,
How does ocean warming affect mar...,
What is the main cause of ocean a...
8
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Island Biogeography
Island biogeography,
How does the size of the island i...,
How does the distance an island i...
8
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Tragedy of the Commons
0
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Clearcutting
0
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The Green Revolution
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