Soil | Ecosystems | Water | Waste Management | All things ENR |
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What is the soil horizon that contains dirt with organic material, small rocks, bugs, worms, and minerals?
A (Topsoil)
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What is the basis of the food chain?
Producer
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What can give us an indication of how healthy the water system is?
Bioindicators like macroinvertabrates
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What is the problem of increased cloudiness of the water entering a water system?
Increased turbidity causes less oxygen which causes loss of plant and animal life
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What are 2 types of weathering?
Mechanical
Chemical |
What is the smallest soil particle?
Clay
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What are the two main categories of an ecosystem?
Biotic and Abiotic Communities
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What is the relationship between temperature and oxygen in water
The higher the temperature the lower the dissolved oxygen
The lower the temperature the higher the dissolved oxygen |
What is the agency that has made regulations for many of environmental areas in our lives today?
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
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What are the 3 processes that cause erosion?
Wind
Moving water Waves |
What is the tool we use to determine what kind of soil we have?
Texture triangle
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What is the predictable, gradual transformation of land slowly over time?
Ecological succession
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What are the 2 categories of pollution?
Point source and
Nonpoint source |
What are the 3 phases of processing municipal waste at the water treatment facility?
Primary treatment = physically separating wastewater from large objects
Secondary treatment = biological system to remove dissolved organic matter from the wastewater Tertiary treatment = used only if for human consumption, chemical processing of wastewater |
What is radio telemetry?
Helps track the movement and behaviors of animals. It uses the transmission of radio signals to locate a transmitter attached to the animal of interest
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What is in soils that are yellow or red?
Iron oxide
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What are the 3 cycles that matter is recycled through?
Carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles
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What is the process that through the food chain, the POPs are concentrated, leading to much higher levels in the top predators than lower in the food chain
Biomagnification
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What are the different types of animal waste treatment and handling systems?
Solid waste system
Slurry system Lagoon system |
What is involved in the ENR competition?
ID, knowledge test, team activity, water analysis, soil profile, data interpretation, GPS, waste management
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What is the ideal agriculture soil made up of in percentages?
10-20% clay
40% sand 40% silt which would make it a loam |
What are 5 of the 8 ecosystems?
Arctic Tundra Coniferous Forest
Temperate Forest Tropical Rain Forest Grasslands Wetlands Deserts Aquatic |
What are 4 of the water quality tests that measure chemical characteristics which help to determine its cleanliness?
pH
Temperature Dissolved Oxygen Turbidity Nitrates Phosphates Total dissolved oxygen |
What are 2 of the 3 types of pollution when manure is not managed well?
Air pollution
Water pollution Soil pollution |
What are 5 of the 6 ways to identify an animal in ENR?
Pelt, bone, actual specimens, photos, tracks or scat
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