Ecology: Populations

Which act was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient AirQuality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment?

• National Environmental Policy Act
• Clean Air Act
• Energy Independence and Security Act
• Energy Policy Act

This type of population distribution is when the individuals are in groups.

• Uniform

• Random

• Clumps

• Organized

Based on the Food Web, which animal would be an omnivore?

(HINT: an omnivore eats Producers and Consumers)

• The shark

• The seagull

• The limpet

• The fish

Kyoto Protocol

• international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
• nternational treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek registration in any of the countries that have joined the Madrid Protocol 
• international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.

Survival of the Fittest and Evolution were proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin
• Albert Einstein
• Steven Hawking
• Isaac Newton

One way to increase a population's size is to ...

• have members emigrate.

• have members die.

• have members immigrate.

• have members have no offspring.

This type of growth pattern would occur in a population that reproduces rapidly, like rabbits.

• Exponential Growth

• Logistic Growth

• S Curve

• All of the other options.

This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.

• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act
• Energy Policy Act
• Department of Energy

What is a hypothesis?

• a guess

• a testable explanation

• a theory

• a law

Organisms that eat producers; typically herbivores, such as rabbits and deer.

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Tertiary Consumers