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2. Getting started • This review will be posted on my SI resources site (See Vista), so there’s no need to write everything down. (unless you just want to) • This session is much different than a regular SI session: this is a fast-paced review rather than going into the material in depth. • Shameless plug: People who come to my SI sessions typically do better on their tests. Please come, having more people generally makes the sessions more enjoyable.

3. Rules • Each team will have a chance to work together to answer questions in order: Team 1, 2, 3, 4 • If the team cannot answer all parts of a question, the question will be passed to the next team (this is separate from the bonuses). • Please put your notes away unless you are writing in them, no points will be awarded for finding info in your notes.

4. Vocabulary 1 Vocabulary 2 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 Extras

5. Vocabulary I for 100 Fill in the blank: A ______ is a reasonable guess of what will happen in a set of experiments a) Prediction b) Hypothesis

6. A hypothesis is a reasonable guess of what will happen in a set of experiments a) Prediction -a specific educated guess as to what will happen specifically under a set of circumstances: Ex. in the fish lab experiment, “A change in water temperature will have an impact on fish growth.” b) Hypothesis ex. in the fish lab, “Environmental factors affect fish growth.

7. Vocabulary I for 200 What is an ecological footprint?

8. An ecological footprint is a person’s or group of people’s total impact on the environment.

9. Vocabulary I for 300 What is the “Tragedy of the Commons?”

10. The tragedy of the commons occurs when there is a public unregulated resource that is overused to the point of severe deterioration or even destruction of that resource. A few examples we talked about in class were the trees on Easter Island, lobsters off the coast of New Jersey, and the Mongolian grasslands.

11. Vocabulary I for $400 • Three of the factors of an experiment discussed in the laps were: • Independent variables • Dependent variables • Controls Give an explanation and example of each

12. Independent = does not depend on the other variable (temperature) Dependent = depends on the independent variable (average weight of the fish) Controls= held constant during the experiment (light, age of fish, dissolved oxygen)

13. Places for 200 What supposedly happened to the trees on Easter Island?

14. In addition to using the trees for everyday life (boats, firewood, homes, etc.), the native people of Easter Island used the trees to transport Moai(sp?) – large stone statues. Eventually, they used up all of the trees.

15. Vocabulary II for 100 What is sustainability? What does it mean for a business to be sustainable?

16. Sustainability is the ability to be able to continue. In ecological terms, it means having as little impact on the environment as possible, so that the earth can continue to provide the resources being used.

17. Vocabulary II for $200 What is the difference between environmental science and environmentalism?

18. Environmental science – the study of the environment and its interaction with other living and nonliving things Environmentalism – social movement based on respect for(or responsible use of) the environment

19. Vocabulary II for 500 What are the three parts of the triple bottom line?

20. Places for 400 The four main elements found in organisms (living things) are: - - - -

21. Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen

22. Places for $100 What are three key ideas discussed in the carbon videos?

23. Places for 200 Name two ways solar power is collected

24. Places for 300 What happened to the Aral Sea? What impact did this have on families living around it?

25. The communist government diverted the two rivers which fed the Aral Sea to feed cotton crops, causing most of the Sea to dry up. The sea bed, which had noxious chemicals from the water, was exposed; and instead of a thriving sea to fish from, families in the area now get toxic dust storms.

26. Vocab for 300 Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation are measures of what? What does it mean? a.) Central Tendency b.) Margin of Error c.) Dispersion d.) Variability

27. Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation are measures of Dispersion(c.) a.) Central Tendency b.) Margin of Error c.) Dispersion – describe where the data falls: between what values, and how far each piece of data is from the middle d.) Variability

28. 200 Name three factors that largely impact a nation’s ecological footprint

29. Population • Wealth • Technology • Energy use • Production

30. Places for 100 What is the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment?

31. Extras

32. What is the difference between an ion and an isotope?

33. Name three important properties of water, and explain what they mean

34. What are the first and second laws of thermodynamics?

35. Differentiate these terms: Element Atom Molecule

36. Differentiate these terms: Compound Molecule

37. Name an example of a graph you would use for continuous data. What about non-continuous(categorical)?

38. Continuous: line graphs Non-continuous: bar graph, pie chart

39. What is the difference between Descriptive and Inferential Statistics?

40. Descriptive statistics: Describe the data (Central Tendency, Dispersion, etc) Inferential statistics: Use the data to make predictions about a larger population or comparison to other data sets. (such as a national opinion poll)

41. Name 3 places visited in Here comes the Sun, and describe the issues discussed in each one

42. Extra - 500 What does the p – value have to be to reject the null hypothesis? What does this mean?

43. P-value (probability that the null hypothesis is correct) must be less than .05 (5%). The null hypothesis is the hypothesis that there is no change caused by whatever you are testing for. In the fish lab, the null hypothesis would be that environmental factors have no impact on fish growth. If the p-value < .05, you can say with 95% or more certainty that your results were not due to chance.

44. Bill Ensign is studying the impact of hydrologic alteration(such as building dams) on what?

45. Fish

46. What is peer review? Why is it necessary to sound science?

47. Peer review occurs after an experiment has found conclusive evidence. The findings of the experiment are looked at by other scientists to check its validity – making sure that the experiment was done well and that there were no important factors not taken into account.

48. In 10 words or fewer each, define these terms: Matter Energy

49. Describe the processes of: Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration Chemosynthesis

50. Give an example of each – a resource that is: Renewable Non-renewable Somewhere in-between