APES Unit 0 test

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

CO3 2-

Carbonate ions

H2CO3

Carbonic acid

O3

ozone

C6H12O6

Carbs (glucose)

NO3-

Nitrate

NO2-

Nitrite

N2

Nitrogen gas

SO2

Sulfur dioxide

Pb

lead

Cl

chlorine

NH3

ammonia

NH4+

ammonium

CO

Carbon Monoxide

H2SO4

Sulfuric Acid

PO4 3-

Phosphate ions

OH-

Hydroxide

NO

Nitric oxide

HNO3

Nitric Acid

O2

Oxygen gas

SO4 2-

Sulfate

CH4

methane

Hg

Mercury

U

Uranium

Na

Sodium

Rn

Radon

Provisioning Ecosystem Services

Directly extracted from nature

Regulating Ecosystem Services

Moderates natural processes in nature

Cultural Ecosystem Services

Non-material benefits to people

Supporting Ecosystem Services

Natural processes necessary for ecosystem to continue

What service? Oxygen Production by Plants (Photosynthesis), Decomposition of leaf litter forms the organism component of soil, and Cycling of nutrients throughout multiple ecosystems.

Supporting

What Service? Timber/Lumber provided by forests, Sand for construction (concrete) from beaches, and Seafood provided by oceans

Provisioning

What Service? Pollination of crops by bees, Vegetation slows runoff preventing erosion, Bats control populations of pests that harm crops, and Carbon dioxide absorption by forests and oceans

Regulating

What Service? National Parks are popular tourist destinations, Wild lands have great importance in many religions, and Coral reefs attract tourists

Cultural

Interdisciplinary

Is research done with multiple disciplines of knowledge combined

How does interdisciplinary differ from Environmental studies

Environmental studies only focus on social sciences such as archaeology, economics, history, geography, linguistics, and psychology.

Descriptive Science

information is collected or researched without a particular question or idea in mind.

Hypothesis driven science

You state your assumptions about what you think the answer is, and then fact-find to validate or refute your claim.

Independent Variable

Variable that is changed

Dependent Variable

Variable affected by the change in the experiment

Natural Experiment

an observational study where researchers take advantage of naturally occurring events or conditions to study their effects on the environment.

Longest wavelength

Red

Shortest wavelength

Blue

Color of deep sea animals?

Red

Color of high sea animals

blue

Bio-luminescence

the production and emission of light by a living organism

Mega metric

1×10^6

Giga metric

1×10^9

Kilo metric

1×10³

Centi metric

1×10^-2

mili metric

1×10^-3

micro metric

1×10^-6

nano metric

1×10^-9