Environmental Science 1021F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Nicotine, Fossil Water, Primary Production
14 Jul 2014
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Final exam: what are the three main ways that humans negatively influence their environment provide an example for each. Some natural phenomena, especially physical ones, are highly predictable, but biological and ecological systems are highly complex and variable, and so predictions about them may be inaccurate: because of uncertainty, many environmental issues are controversial. Thus investigations should be objective and opinions should be founded on science, facts and logic. Identify the fluxes of water between compartments in the following diagram of the hydrologic cycle by labeling the arrows. (10 pts: define net ecosystem productivity. Net ecosystem productivity is the net accumulation of biomass by all organisms in an ecosystem: name the ecosystem in which most nutrient cycling occurs. Soil: name the process by which most autotrophs fix co2 into the simple sugars used to drive metabolism. Photosynthesis: the following figure is a representation of the global carbon cycle.
