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Unit 2 Vocab AP Envionmental Science

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecosystem Services

a)
Services provided by the economy
b)
Services provided by the government
c)
Services provided by the environment to humans
d)
Services provided by the healthcare system
2.

The process all life undergoes to adapt to changes in environmental or behavior over millions of years

a)

Growing Up

b)

Adaptation

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Evolution

3.

______ Selection is when the enviornmental factors affect what the next generation will look like

a)
Natural Selection
b)
Random Selection
c)
Artificial Selection
d)
Forced Selection
4.

Alfred Russel Wallace was a _____ that made the idea of natural selection

a)
Physicist
b)
Mathematician
c)
Biologist
d)

Bassist

5.

Mutation is when

a)
A gene is physically changed in some way
b)
A gene is transferred from one organism to another
c)
A gene is activated or deactivated
d)
A gene is duplicated in the same organism
6.

The variety of life in an area is called its

a)
Ecosystem
b)
Habitat
c)
Biodiversity
d)

Shelter

7.

This type of diversity involves only animals

a)

Species Diversity

b)

Genetic Diversity

c)

Ecosystem Diversity

8.

This type of diversity is found in DNA

a)
Genetic Diversity
b)
Cultural Diversity
c)

Ecosystem Diversity

9.

This diversity involves animals and its other neighboring communities, habitats, etc.

a)

Ecosystem Diversity

b)

Species Diversity

c)

Genetic Diversity

10.

A species that did not belong originally to the ecosystem its in

a)
Invasive Species
b)
Endemic Species
c)
Native Species
d)

Predator Species

11.

a species separates from other members of its species and develops its own unique characteristics

a)
Speciation
b)
Mutation
c)
Adaptation
d)
Evolution
12.

Species that are very specific in what they eat or get eaten by

a)

Generalist Species

b)

Specialist Species

13.

Species that eat or get eaten by anything

a)

Specialist Species

b)

Generalist species

14.

Endemic

a)
A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
b)
A disease that is prevalent worldwide
c)
A disease that is only present in a particular season
d)
A disease that is present in a particular region or population
15.

Disturbance in science means

a)
A disruption in the natural process
b)
A type of scientific experiment
16.

a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit.

a)
Voltage
b)
Resistance
c)
Current
d)
Power
17.

the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize so as to retain essentially the same function, structure, and feedbacks

a)
Resilience
b)
Elasticity
18.

This type of succession happens in barren lands filled with rock

a)
Primary Succession
b)
Secondary Succession
19.

This type of succession happens on a burned down land that already had biolife before

a)
Secondary succession
b)
Primary succession
20.

This biolife is some of the first biolife in a primary succession

a)
Pioneer species
b)
Secondary species
c)
Tertiary species
d)
Quaternary species
21.

an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem.

a)
Keystone Species
b)
Invasive Species
c)
Endangered Species
d)
Indicator Species
22.

An indicator species is

a)
A species that indicates the presence of certain environmental conditions
b)
A species that indicates the presence of predators
c)
A species that indicates the health of an ecosystem
d)
A species that indicates the direction of wind
23.

Island Biogeography Theory is the theory that

a)
explains the distribution of species in an island
b)
describes the evolution of species
c)
explains the formation of islands
d)
describes the climate of islands
24.

the relationship between the area of a habitat, or of part of a habitat, and the number of species found within that area.

a)

Species-area Curve

b)
Habitat-species correlation
c)
Area-species proportion
d)
Habitat-area ratio
25.

The debate between if one large reserve or many small reserves is better is called the

a)

SLOSS dilemma

b)

GeoGrande dilemma

26.

any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature

a)

Provisioning Ecosystem Service

b)

Regulating Ecosystem Service

c)

Cultural Ecosystem Service

d)

Supporting Ecosystem Services

27.

any type of benefit to people that can be extracted from nature

a)

Provisioning Ecosystem Service

b)

Regulating Ecosystem Service

c)

Cultural Ecosystem Service

d)

Supporting Ecosystem Services

28.

benefit provided by ecosystem processes that moderate natural phenomena

a)

Provisioning Ecosystem Service

b)

Regulating Ecosystem Service

c)

Cultural Ecosystem Service

d)

Supporting Ecosystem Services

29.

non-material benefits people obtain from ecosystems

a)

Provisioning Ecosystem Service

b)

Regulating Ecosystem Service

c)

Cultural Ecosystem Service

d)

Supporting Ecosystem Services