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EEB 2100e Exam 2 STUDY GUIDE WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

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EEB 2100 UConn Exam 1

EEB 2100E Exam 1

EEB 2100 UConn Final Exam questions and answers Overexplotationoverharvesting natural resources faster than their replacement is a main cause of biodiversity loss Overexploitation-Cod FishingAtlantic Cod fishery is depleted by 1920's technological advances such as diesel engines that allow for larger boats Georges BankInundated, highly productive island where the Gulf Stream causes upwellings of nutrients as they are removed from the bottom of water bodies Largest ...

EEB 2100 UConn Exam 2 questions and answers Most profound nutrients being added to ecosystems by humansNitrogen and phosphorus Nitrogen factsmakes up 78% of Earths atmosphere and many enzymes and proteins that humans need Nitrogen cycle: FixationFixation of N2 gas is done by microorganisms using energy to break down the gas into organic NOx compounds(Nitrate and Nitrite) 1/3rd of free-living bacteria(cyanobacteria) conduct fixation 2/3rds of plant-associated bacteri...

EEB 2100e Exam 2 Questions and answers %land transformation caused by humans 44%amount of co2 concentration added by humans 50%amount of freshwater used by humans nitrogenlimiting element for growth in many ecosystems Industrial fixation (Haber-Bosch process) Fertilizer crops (legumes) Burning of fossil fuelshow humans contribute to nitrogen fixation runoffwhat causes eutrophication 50% of available freshwater, 70% of this is used for agriculturehuman water use baby boomersge...

UCONN EEB 2100E Final Review questions and answers fishing down the food web means overharvesting what firsttop predators A genetic bottleneck occurs when a species reaches a small population with high genetic variation which can then support high future adapabilityfalse the tragedy of commonsself-interest consumers deplete a shared source what is NOT an example of a regulation that prevents the tragedy of commons?allowing harvesters to act rationally in their own self-int...