APES Warm Ups 2017 2018 WARM UP QUESTIONS

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APES Warm Ups 2017 - 2018

APES Warm Ups 2017 - 2018

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 1 Monday 9/4 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 9/5 Why did

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 1 Monday 9/4 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 9/5 Why did you take this class? Wednesday 9/6 What is the product/process breakdown for the lecture? Lab? Thursday 9/7 Answer Yes or No to the following questions: A) Do you recycle at home? B) Do you use your dryer regularly? C) Do you own a hybrid vehicle? D) Do you have any H 2 O saving devices in your home? Friday 9/8 What is your definition of environmental Science? What is the most important environmental issue facing humans in the United States today? This is your opinion.

WARM UP QUESTIONS - WEEK 2 Monday 9/11 How many neutral choices did you

WARM UP QUESTIONS - WEEK 2 Monday 9/11 How many neutral choices did you have? Why might one choose neutral? Tuesday 9/12 Which disease would you rather have: smallpox or malaria? Why? Wednesday 9/13 See Front board for diagram. How many beads are in the box? Defend your answer. Thursday 9/14 Who was not a 19 th century person? Muir, Carson, Marsh, Teddy Roosevelt Friday 9/15 What three ways does an object appear different as you view it under a microscope?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 3 Monday 9/18 What does GDP stand for in

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 3 Monday 9/18 What does GDP stand for in Chapter 1 notes? Tuesday 9/19 How do you find the total magnification of a microscope when looking thru eyepiece? Wednesday 9/20 What were the 5 shapes in the ESP Lab? Thursday 9/21 How did they move the rock statues on Easter Island? Friday 9/22 What are 3 major causes of Environmental Problems?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 4 Monday 9/25 Draw an Exponential growth graph. Give

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 4 Monday 9/25 Draw an Exponential growth graph. Give an example of exponential growth. Tuesday 9/26 What are three solutions to an economically depleted resource? Wednesday 9/27 What is your Definition of pollution? Thursday 9/28 Which is more important: pollution prevention or pollution cleanup? Explain. Friday 9/29 NO SCHOOL

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 5 Monday 10/2 I = _____ x ____ ?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 5 Monday 10/2 I = _____ x ____ ? Which letter in the spaces you filled is most important to the Environmental impact (I)? Tuesday 10/3 Define species. Wednesday 10/4 Name 3 classes of heterotrophs. Thursday 10/5 Which is a cycle: matter or energy? Explain. Friday 10/6 What % of biomass is transferred from trophic level to trophic level?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 6 Monday 10/9 Name 3 cycles in nature. Tuesday

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 6 Monday 10/9 Name 3 cycles in nature. Tuesday 10/10 Put in order 1) Nitrification 2) Nitrogen Fixation 3) Ammonification 4) Denitrification Wednesday 10/11 Name 2 ways humans influence the carbon cycle in a negative way. Thursday 10/12 What is a major carbon “sink” on this planet? Friday 10/13 What are two ways humans disrupt the carbon cycle?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 7 Monday 10/16 Which biome is this? Grass is

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 7 Monday 10/16 Which biome is this? Grass is main vegetation, seasonal drought, wide temperature variation. Tuesday 10/17 What is the rain shadow effect? Wednesday 10/18 What biome has 4 seasons, moderate precipitation and temperature, and mammals such as squirrels and deer? Thursday 10/19 What is more important when discussing climate: longitude or latitude? Explain. Friday 10/20 NO SCHOOL

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 8 Monday 10/23 What latitude are the doldrums found

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 8 Monday 10/23 What latitude are the doldrums found at? Tuesday 10/24 Define Climate Wednesday 10/25 What are the two major zones in the ocean? What are the 4 major types of organisms in aquatic systems? Thursday 10/26 What are standing freshwater aquatic zones called? Name two benthic and two pelagic species found in the ocean. Friday 10/27 Lakes are described by their nutrient qualities. There are two classifications. What are they?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 9 Monday 10/30 How can genetic drift lead to

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 9 Monday 10/30 How can genetic drift lead to speciation? Tuesday 10/31 What is meant by replacement fertility? Wednesday 11/1 What are 2 events that can cause mutations? Thursday 11/2 What type of evolution has 2 new species emerging from one species? Friday 11/3 Give an example of mutualism

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 10 Monday 11/6 What is an indicator species? Tuesday

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 10 Monday 11/6 What is an indicator species? Tuesday 11/7 What is difference between fundamental niche and realized niche? Wednesday 11/8 What are three factors that affect how succession occurs? Thursday 11/9 What are 3 terms used to describe non-native species? Friday 11/10 NO SCHOOL

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 11 Monday 11/13 What does primary succession start with?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 11 Monday 11/13 What does primary succession start with? Tuesday 11/14 Which takes longer? Primary or secondary succession. Wednesday 11/15 What are two examples of primary succession? Thursday 11/16 Is succession an orderly sequence of community change? Friday 11/17 What does primary succession start with?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 12 Monday 11/20 What are three characteristics of r-species?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 12 Monday 11/20 What are three characteristics of r-species? Tuesday 11/21 Define Demography Wednesday 11/22 NO SCHOOL Thursday 11/23 NO SCHOOL Friday 11/24 NO SCHOOL

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 13 Monday 11/27 What is fertility? Tuesday 11/28 Draw

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 13 Monday 11/27 What is fertility? Tuesday 11/28 Draw a population histogram of a developing country. Wednesday 11/29 If the % growth is 2, what is the doubling time of the population? Thursday 11/30 What are three main factors that affect birth rate? Friday 11/24 What are three characteristics of a developing country?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 14 Monday 12/4 Which country from on-line lab would

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 14 Monday 12/4 Which country from on-line lab would you least like to live in? Explain your answer. Tuesday 12/5 Birth Rate is 100. Death Rate is 50. What is % Growth Rate? Wednesday 12/6 What is happening to BR and DR in Stage 1 of Demographic Transition? Thursday 12/7 What is happening to BR and DR in Stage 3 of Demographic Transition? Friday 12/8 What is an intrinsic value? What is an instrumental value? Name 3 intrinsic values that are provided to humans.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 15 Monday 12/11 What is the #1 use of

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 15 Monday 12/11 What is the #1 use of forests in the developing world? Describe one problem this might cause. What are three reasons species become endangered? Tuesday 12/12 Name 3 economic services that forests provide. Pick one and defend its importance. What are three characteristics that make a species prone to becoming endangered? Wednesday 12/13 A tunnel beneath a highway is an example of what when trying to reconnect ecosystems? Thursday 12/14 In what natural area is man a visitor? What are two laws that protect endangered species. Friday 12/15 What are two reasons an exotic species would become invasive. Head paper Chapter 10/11 Test.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 16 Monday 12/18 What is equilibrium? Tuesday 12/19 What

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 16 Monday 12/18 What is equilibrium? Tuesday 12/19 What relationship is shown by moss growing on a tree? Wednesday 12/20 Zero population growth is shown by what phase(s) of demographic transition? Thursday 12/21 What cycle has no atmospheric part? Friday 12/22 What is natural selection?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 17 Monday 1/1 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 1/2 What are

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 17 Monday 1/1 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 1/2 What are 3 ecologic services provided by aquatic ecosystems? Wednesday 1/3 What are 3 reasons for species loss in the oceans? Thursday 1/4 What are 3 positives and negatives to dams? Friday 1/5 What areas of the ocean outside any territorial boundary claims called?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 18 Monday 1/8 What 4 textures make up soil?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 18 Monday 1/8 What 4 textures make up soil? Tuesday 1/9 What are the layers to a soil profile? Wednesday 1/10 Name 3 alternative methods of pest control. Thursday 1/11 What are 3 macronutrients? Friday 1/12 What are 3 micronutrients?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 19 Monday 1/15 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 1/16 What is

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 19 Monday 1/15 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 1/16 What is the difference between mal- and under-nutrition? Wednesday 1/17 Soil type Sa. B 2. What is the slope and erosion of this soil? Thursday 1/18 What does a severe limitation tell one about a particular soil type for a purpose? Friday 1/19 Define Weathering.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 20 Monday 1/22 Give an example of chemical and

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 20 Monday 1/22 Give an example of chemical and physical weathering Tuesday 1/23 The Earth is made up of 3 main parts. Which one is not an interior part? Wednesday 1/24 What is a broad spectrum pesticide? Thursday 1/25 The ideal pesticide would only kill what? Friday 1/26 What is our definition of a pest?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 21 Monday 1/29 What is strip cropping? Tuesday 1/30

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 21 Monday 1/29 What is strip cropping? Tuesday 1/30 What is contour farming? Wednesday 1/31 What is conservative or minimum tillage? Thursday 2/1 Give two examples of a neurotoxin. Friday 2/2 What is a teratogen? Give one example.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 22 Monday 2/5 Name 3 types of hazard classifications.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 22 Monday 2/5 Name 3 types of hazard classifications. Tuesday 2/6 What synthetic mimic would most likely disrupt which body system? Wednesday 2/7 What is the difference between biomagnification and bioaccumulation? Thursday 2/8 Of the 3 seismic waves, which is fastest? Causes the most damage? Does not travel thru liquids? Friday 2/9 Define mineral.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 23 Monday 2/12 How do you get Sedimentary rock?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 23 Monday 2/12 How do you get Sedimentary rock? Metamorphic? Igneous? Tuesday 2/13 Which type of plate boundary makes mountains? Wednesday 2/14 What are two products of a neutralization reaction? Thursday 2/15 An igneous rock with large grains is found. Where was it formed? At what speed? Friday 2/16 Which type of mining is environmentally worse than all others? Give two reasons why this method is often employed.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 24 Monday 2/19 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 2/20 What is

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 24 Monday 2/19 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 2/20 What is a moderator in a nuclear reactor? What is the most common type of moderator used worldwide? Burning coal release air pollutants. Name 5 and underline the worst in your opinion. Wednesday 2/21 Fix the following statements by changing the underlined words: Natural Gas deposits are found below petroleum deposits. Natural Gas has a low net energy. Thursday 2/22 How is petroleum made into other substances? Friday 2/23 Describe how net energy as it relates to the 1 rst and 2 nd Laws of Thermodynamics.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 25 Monday 2/26 What is the best immediate energy

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 25 Monday 2/26 What is the best immediate energy option? When buying new electrical appliances, what is a primary factor that should be considered? Tuesday 2/27 Define Cogeneration. How is petroleum made into all different products? Wednesday 2/28 What is the genius behind PV cells? What direction should energy efficient windows face? Why? Thursday 3/1 What is one + and one – to hydroelectric power? What is a positive and negative to tidal power? Friday 3/2 What is one + and one – to wind power? What is one + and one – to biomass power?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 26 Monday 3/5 What are three factors to consider

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 26 Monday 3/5 What are three factors to consider when discussing toxicity? Tuesday 3/6 What is the difference between acute and chronic when discussing exposure to harmful agents? Wednesday 3/7 Why is a there an increase in temperature upon entering the stratosphere? Thursday 3/8 Nox stands for what? Friday 3/9 VOC stands for what? Name two characteristics of VOC’s.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 27 Monday 3/12 What layer of the atmosphere contains

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 27 Monday 3/12 What layer of the atmosphere contains our weather and most of the total atmospheric mass? Tuesday 3/13 What are three examples of particulates? Wednesday 3/14 What are 4 major greenhouse gases in lower atmosphere? Thursday 3/15 List the 6 major air pollutants. Friday 3/16 What are two ways humans have increased levels of greenhouse gases?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 28 Monday 3/19 What does polar ice due to

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 28 Monday 3/19 What does polar ice due to sunlight in general? Tuesday 3/20 Which species would fare better, generalists or specialists in climate change. Wednesday 3/21 What were 3 traits of CFC’s that made them popular to use? Thursday 3/22 When CFC’s react with UV light, what molecule is released? Friday 3/23 Define Eutrophication

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 29 Monday 3/26 What does primary sewage treatment do?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 29 Monday 3/26 What does primary sewage treatment do? Tuesday 3/27 What is the last part of water treatment normally? Wednesday 3/28 Name 6 states in the Bay watershed. Thursday 3/29 Name 6 major rivers in the Bay watershed. Friday 3/30 NO SCHOOL

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 30 Monday 4/2 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 4/3 What do

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 30 Monday 4/2 NO SCHOOL Tuesday 4/3 What do you recycle? Wednesday 4/4 What are 5 types of material that can be recycled? Thursday 4/5 What are the 5 R’s of waste? Friday 4/6 Give 3 reasons plastic is most desirable.

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 31 Monday 4/9 Why do oil and water not

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 31 Monday 4/9 Why do oil and water not mix? What is the fastest growing type of waste? Tuesday 4/10 What are 2 negative to incineration? Wednesday 4/11 What was the 3 rd internal migration pattern in U. S? Thursday 4/12 What are 2 advantages to urbanization? Friday 4/13 What are 2 disadvantages to urbanization?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 32 Monday 4/16 What % of world’s population leave

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 32 Monday 4/16 What % of world’s population leave in urban areas? Tuesday 4/17 If the concentration of mercury in a water supply changes from 65 ppm to 7 ppm in a ten-year period, what is the percentage change of the mercury concentration? Wednesday 4/18 Calculate the percentage growth rate for a country with a population of 6 million: in a year in which it had 100, 000 births, 70, 000 deaths, 30, 000 immigrants, and 50, 000 emigrants. Thursday 4/19 If 35% of a natural area is to be developed, leaving 500 acres untouched, how many acres are to be developed? Friday 4/20 A natural gas power plant is 60% efficient. If one cubic meter of natural gas provides 1000 BTUs of electricity. How many BTUs of waste heat were produced?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 33 Monday 4/23 Scientific notation: one billion, twenty three

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 33 Monday 4/23 Scientific notation: one billion, twenty three thousand, six thousand divided by 300 billion, 6 billion divided by 35 trillion Tuesday 4/24 Name the Legislative Act for the following descriptions: cradle-to-grave system Wednesday 4/25 sets maximum permissible amounts of water pollutants Thursday 4/26 Ozone phase out; management of marine fisheries Friday 4/27 Superfund

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 34 Monday 4/30 What is the difference between restoration

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 34 Monday 4/30 What is the difference between restoration and remediation? Tuesday 5/1 Give an example of a positive and a negative feedback loop. Wednesday 5/2 What is the difference between groundwater and surface water? Thursday 5/3 What are 3 characteristics of an endangered species? Friday 5/4 What are 3 causes of extinction?

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 36 Monday 5/7 What is a legume? Tuesday 5/8

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 36 Monday 5/7 What is a legume? Tuesday 5/8 What is the difference between euphotic and benthic? Wednesday 5/9 What does fragmentation due to genetic drift? Thursday 5/10 What are three reasons we live longer? Friday 5/11 Put up divider, get out pencil, and chill!

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 37 Monday 5/14 What energy type is not directly

WARM UP QUESTIONS – WEEK 37 Monday 5/14 What energy type is not directly or indirectly derived from solar energy? Tuesday 5/15 What does the presence of fecal coliform in river water suggest? Wednesday 5/16 What factor is fundamentally responsible for seasons on Earth? Thursday 5/17 If nitrates and phosphates freely flow into a body of water what is the likely result? Friday 5/18 LAST DAY FOR SENIORS Two chemicals when used separately are considered safe. When used together, they are dangerous. What is this called?