Exam 19: The Biosphere and Human Effects

Matching Match each description with the appropriate biome. Some choices may be used more than once. -dominant plants are drought-resistant shrubs adapted to fire A)chaparral B)tropical rainforest C)temperate deciduous forest D)boreal forest E)tundra F)desert G)savanna

The prime factor that drives coral bleaching is ____.​

Match each key concept with its correct description. -logging of tropical rainforests A)acid rain B)global climate change C)hole in the ozone layer D)biodiversity hot spot E)greenhouse gas F)desertification G)deforestation H)ecological restoration I)Great Pacific Garbage Patch J)endangered species

Which form of the monarch butterfly makes it to Mexico?

Permafrost is ____.​

The only way to meet the resource needs of future generations is through ____.​

Matching Match each description with the appropriate biome. Some choices may be used more than once. -shrub root systems may extend down to 60 meters A)chaparral B)tropical rainforest C)temperate deciduous forest D)boreal forest E)tundra F)desert G)savanna

Which event endangers far more species than the destruction of a comparable area elsewhere?​

California's most extensive ecosystem, the ____ biome, is dominated by drought-resistant, fire-adapted shrubs with small, leathery leaves.

​The Klamath-Siskiyou forest in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California is home to many rare conifers, two endangered birds, and the endangered Coho salmon. Because of this, it is considered to be a conservation _____.

The primary producers associated with hydrothermal vents are ____.​

Match each key concept with its correct description. -black rhinos, due to being hunted for their horns A)acid rain B)global climate change C)hole in the ozone layer D)biodiversity hot spot E)greenhouse gas F)desertification G)deforestation H)ecological restoration I)Great Pacific Garbage Patch J)endangered species

Match each key concept with its correct description. -carbon dioxide A)acid rain B)global climate change C)hole in the ozone layer D)biodiversity hot spot E)greenhouse gas F)desertification G)deforestation H)ecological restoration I)Great Pacific Garbage Patch J)endangered species

The best way to reclaim an ecosystem that is extensively damaged is to ____.​

Because all commercially produced energy has some kind of negative environmental impact, it is a good idea to simply use ____.

Seawater and freshwater mix in which coastal region?​

In a hydrothermal vent community pictured here, the typical consumer is a(n) ____.

In 2001, the ____ became the first invertebrate to be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.​

Match each key concept with its correct description. -chlorofluorocarbons A)acid rain B)global climate change C)hole in the ozone layer D)biodiversity hot spot E)greenhouse gas F)desertification G)deforestation H)ecological restoration I)Great Pacific Garbage Patch J)endangered species

Logging of conifer forests in ________ threatens the butterflies' winter home.