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1: Matter
What is matter,
What are atoms,
What is a molecule
7
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2: Energy
What is energy,
What are types of energy,
What is chemical energy
13
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3: Photosynthesis
What is photosynthesis,
What is the chemical equation of ...,
Is glucose an organic molecule
11
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4: Cellular Respiration
How do we get energy from food,
Who uses cellular respiration,
What is the chemical equation of ...
5
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5: Levels of Organization
What are levels of organization,
What are the levels of organization,
What levels of organizations does...
15
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6: Biomes
What are the major ecological reg...,
What are the 7 most important ter...,
What determines if a region on ea...
13
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7: The Tundra and Trophic Levels
How are feeding relationships org...,
What are the organisms that perfo...,
What are organisms that depend on...
13
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8: Matter and Energy in Ecosystems
Is matter recycled in an ecosystem,
What happens to energy with each ...,
What is the 10 rule
6
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9: The Tundra and Ecological Pyramids
How can we graphically represent ...,
What type of organisms break down...,
What percentage of energy moves f...
9
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10: Productivity
Do all ecosystems handle the same...,
What is energy flow,
What is primary production
12
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11: The Tundra and Interspecific Interactions
What is predation,
What is an example of predation,
What is herbivory
16
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12: Competition
What is a niche,
What is a habitat,
What is a paramecium
10
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13: Types of Species
What are tolerance limits,
What is a critical limiting factor,
What is an example of a critical ...
19
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14: Keystone Species
Are all species equally important...,
What is a dominant species,
What is an example of a dominant ...
4
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15: Types of Biodiversity
What are the 3 types of biodiversity,
What is species diversity,
What is genetic diversity
19
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16: The Value of Biodiversity
Why is biodiversity important,
What are examples of drugs and me...,
What is vinblastine and vincristine
11
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17/18: Causes of Biodiversity Loss
Trees hold the soil with their ro...,
What are causes of biodiversity loss,
What is habitat loss habitat frag...
18
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19/20: Possible Solutions to Biodiversity Loss
What are endangered species,
What are threatened species,
What is the precautionary principle
23
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21: Biodiversity in Minnesota
What are the 3 main biomes in min...,
Where is the prairie grassland lo...,
Where is the deciduous forest loc...
18
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22: Ecological Successions
What is ecological succession,
What is primary succession,
What are examples of area where p...
26
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23: Deforestation
What type of succession is the on...,
What is deforestation,
What are the purposes of deforest...
10
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24: Solutions to Deforestation
What are effects of deforestation,
What happened to the spotted owl,
What is cultural extinction
16
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28: Reproductive Strategies
What is logistic growth,
What is carrying capacity on a lo...,
What is biotic potential on a log...
22
cards
29: Demography
What is the growth of the human p...,
What is the growth of more develo...,
What is the growth of less develo...
18
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30: Age Structure
What is total fertility rate,
What is replacement fertility rate,
What is the replacement fertility...
16
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31: Demographic Transition
What is infant mortality rate,
What is the correlation between i...,
Why do people in less developed c...
10
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32: Solving the Population Problem
Which populations are growing,
What is ecological footprint,
What is biocapacity
16
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33: Infamous Overpopulation Bet (Simon vs. Ehrlich)
What was paul ehrlich s perspecti...,
What was julian simon s perspecti...
2
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34: The Water Cycle
What is evaporation,
What is condensation,
What is transportation
12
cards
35: The Properties of Water
What are the properties of water,
Describe a water molecule,
What makes water molecules cohesive
24
cards
36: Pollution and the Great Lakes
What is pollution,
What are point sources of pollution,
What are nonpoint sources of poll...
27
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37: Eutrophication
What are nutrients,
What are examples of inorganic nu...,
What are algae blooms eutrophication
13
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38: Oxygen Demanding Waste
What is oxygen demanding waste,
What causes the level of dissolve...,
Where does oxygen demanding waste...
15
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39: The Dead Zone
What is a watershed,
What is the mississippi river wat...,
What is an estuary
11
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40: Some Solutions to the Water Pollution Problem
What is a technical solution to t...,
What is the function of a sewage ...,
What happens during primary treat...
16
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25: Population Growth
What is the miracle on the hudson...,
Why were the geese there,
What is happening with the locust...
13
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26: Logistic Growth
What is environmental resistance,
What are limiting factors,
What is logistic growth
7
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27: Regulation of Population Growth
What factors determine population...,
What is population density,
What is the population density eq...
10
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41: Air
How many tons of air pollutants w...,
What is the atmosphere,
How are the layers of the atmosph...
21
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42: Air Pollution
In which layer of the atmosphere ...,
In which layer of the atmosphere ...,
How many of the world s children ...
16
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43: Smog
What caused thousands of deaths i...,
The six pollutants which the epa ...,
What is smog
17
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44: Photochemical Smog
What is photochemical smog,
How is photochemical smog formed,
What are the primary pollutants i...
12
cards
45: Thermal Inversions
What conditions make air pollutio...,
What is a thermal inversion,
What happens during a thermal inv...
14
cards
46: Indoor Air Pollution
What is indoor air pollution,
What can indoor air pollution cause,
What are the sources of indoor ai...
22
cards
47: Acid Deposition
What is ph,
What is a ph of 7,
What is a ph higher than 7
15
cards
48: Some Solutions to Air Pollution
What is aesthetic degradation pol...,
What is the clean air act,
What does the epa do with the cle...
10
cards
49: The Ozone Layer
What is ozone,
What is the ozone equation,
What about ozone in the stratosphere
15
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50: Ozone Depletion
When were chlorofluorocarbons cfc...,
What are chlorofluorocarbons cfcs...,
What are chlorofluorocarbons used...
16
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51: Protecting the Ozone Layer
What is a polar vortex,
What happens when the polar vorte...,
Why is the polar vortex in the so...
13
cards
52: The Greenhouse Effect
What is the problem in the maldives,
What is an archipelago,
What is climate
13
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53: Greenhouse Gases
What is the most prevalent greenh...,
What is happening with co2 in the...,
What processes remove co2 from th...
12
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54: Changes in Greenhouse Gases Concentrations
What were co2 atmospheric levels ...,
What occurred in 1958,
What is the keeling curve
9
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55: Changes in the Atmosphere
How can temperature be measured,
How do thermometers measure tempe...,
How do satellites measure tempera...
21
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56: Climate Models and Predictions
Can we just extrapolate extend th...,
What is a positive feedback mecha...,
What is an example of a positive ...
11
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57: Impact on Ecosystems
What have global temperatures ris...,
What is the goal of the paris agr...,
What are we on track to
16
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58: Ocean's Chemistry
What is ocean acidification,
What are ecological benefits from...,
What are economic benefits from o...
12
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59: Coral Bleaching
What are corals,
What is a coral polyp,
What do coral larvae do
26
cards
60: Impact on Humans
How does climate change affect hu...,
How does climate change affect heat,
What is heat stress
17
cards
61: Fossil Fuels
What are fossil fuels,
What are the 3 types of fossil fuels,
What is occurring with our consum...
27
cards
62: The International Community
What are the 2 main strategies to...,
What is mitigation,
What is adaptation
19
cards
63: Waste
What occurred with the khian sea,
What happened to the ash on the k...,
Which countries produce waste
13
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64: Waste Disposal
What are the 4 ways to dispose so...,
What is composting,
Where are open dumps common
22
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65: Hazardous Waste
According to the epa what is love...,
What happened with love canal,
What occurred in 1978 with love c...
22
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66: Waste Solutions
What is bioremediation,
What is phytoremediation,
What do bioremediation and phytor...
20
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