apes review for exam 2

Straight dotted line

Represents max # of individuals that can be supported by a particular ecosystem on a long term basis

exponential line

Represents the biotic potential of the species

dotted line not touching E but close

Represents the growth of a population predicted by the logistic model

the Montreal Protocol

Which of the following best exemplifies global collaboration for a sustainable environment?

Geothermal

Which of the following energy sources is not the derived directly or indirectly from solar energy?

ozone

Which of the following is an effective alternative to chlorine for disinfecting wastewater in a municipal treatment plant?

Australia

country with the greatest percentage of land area affected by desertification

ozone

Considered harmful in the troposphere but beneficial in the stratosphere

Russia

Country with the largest area of boreal forests

USA

Country with the largest area of temperate deciduous forest

Lead

Implicated in human neurological damage

E: Particulates

Is the major pollutant that electrostatic precipitators are designed to remove from the power plant smokestack emissions

increasing loss of habitat

The factor that likely poses the greatest threat of extinction of species worldwide is

Gross domestic product

The most commonly used measure of the economic growth of a country is which of the following?

B: The water is contaminated with animal waste

The presence of fecal coliform bacteria in a sample of river water suggests which of the following?