Bio II Midterm Exam Review
Aquifer
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
Watershed
An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain
Biomagnification
Largest River Basin in Virginia
James River
Largest River Basin in the US
Mississippi
Does the teacher have to be present for you to start working on a lab or touching lab equipment
Yes
Photosynthesis doesn't happen deep under the ocean because
there is no sunlight
for every useful mutation, how many are pointles
thousands
Pulling the emergency shower handle will make you go
to the office
DO NOT return all unused chemicals
to their original containers
Which holds less oxygen: warm or cold water?
warm water
water that contains waste from homes or industry
wastewater
areas without adequate fresh water become habitable because of
water management projects that divert water to the area
introduction of harmful chemicals or waste material into water that harms life
water pollution
Non-Source Point Pollution
runoff from agricultural feedlots
Aquifers are hard to purify because water collects in
sand and rock
You should never wear these during a lab
sandles
To conserve water
short showers
Most of earth's fresh water is
solidified at the North and South Poles
Plants get energy from
sun
The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called
surface tension
Classifying living things
taxonomy
Building blocks of life
Cells
All living things contain
DNA
Mushrooms digesting and absorbing nutrients
Decomposer
Does everyone agree that fracking causes water pollution?
No
Biotic Factors
Represented on a food chain
Crucial for every life form
Reproduction
THe primary producer of energy in the Biosphere is the
Sun
Relationship between groundwater and surface water
Surface water percolates through the soil to become ground water
temperature increases in water caused by human activity that is harmful to life in the water
Thermal Pollution
Some Scientist want to carry out more studies on fracking
To help environmental and energy engineers to better understand the impacts
Because water can disolve many other substances it is called the
Universal Solvant
Pollution from a town enters ground water miles away by
runoff
increases the amount of nutrients in a body of water through human activities, such as waste disposal and land drainage
artificial eutrophication
If you do not understand directions you should
ask your teacher
Molds, bacteria, and yeast
break down dead organisms and release raw materials into the environment
Broken glass should be disposed of in
broken glass box
Which hold more oxygen Warm water or cold water
cold water
As Temperature increases DO
decreases
Who does fracking
energy companies
Swamps are found
flat, poorly drained land
earth's surface water is found in
lakes, rivers, and streams
Surface water
makes up less than 1% of all water on Earth
Fresh water is used in industry for
manufacturing, waste disposal, and power generation
Darwin called the process of change over time
natural selection
when one organism benefits while another is harmed... this is called
parasitism
comes from many sources rather than one single specific site example would be oil that comes from a leaking ship
point-source pollution
A problem with fracking is
pollution to groundwater
If people do not get drinking water from ground water they most likely get it from
reservoirs