Bio II Midterm Exam Review

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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


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