RNR 1001 : Test 1 Study Guide
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Lecture study guide - focus not only on knowing the terms and concepts, but examples of each one. Examples will likely be the basis of test questions, not specific definitions. The industrial age; think of consequences for natural resources. Organic and inorganic fertilizers; disadvantages of the latter. Impacts of a weak conservation ethics history on the conservation movement. Ethical views on natural resources, e. g. , pollution, hunting, whaling. Anthropocentric (instrumental, human centered) values of natural resources versus biocentric or ecocentric. Persistence (nature, biodiversity, and ecosystem function) values. Photosynthesis by autotrophic organisms - inorganic molecules to organic molecules and oxygen. Terrestrial photosynthesis - water, temperature, nutrient availability and soil types (sols) Keystone species - one focus of conservation efforts. All resources used by a species - the n-dimensional hypervolume. Biogenic turbidity - algae bloom (becomes self-limiting, negative feedback loop) Trophic structure; autotrophs, primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. consumers, also known as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, detritivores, and saprovores.
