Lovelock Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

ANTH 202 40 Study Questions Chapter 4 1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discover...

model a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium

model - Answer-a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - Answer-type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - Answer-type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - Answer-developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium isolated system - Answer-typ...

System An assemblage of parts and the relationships between them which enable them to work together to form a functioning whole Ecosystem A community of organisms and their abiotic environment Biome A group of ecosystems with a similar climate The Gaia Hypothesis - The proposition that the Earth can be regarded as a single functioning system - Suggested by James Lovelock - Developed further by Lynn Margulis

This person, a NASA scientist, stated that they found alien remains on Earth and they could prove it: a) Richard Doll b) Richard Hoover c) James Lovelock d) Carl Sagan e) Tyron Hayes b) Richard Hoover Cyanobacteria fossils were found in meteorites, which NASA says proves that there is life on other planets. True or False False Antarctica's blood red waterfall can be blamed on: a) Sulfer b) Iron c) Methane d) Carbon Dioxide e) Chloride b) Iron To give a nonhuma...

These two essays cover unit 1.1 of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Environmental issues - in unit 1 Significant concepts in issues or debates in religion and ethics. It is used in Section C of Paper 2 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. These two essays cover the same unit, but answer questions asking for religious and secular methods specifically. Both contain key concepts of environmental issues, involving both secular an...

IB ESS Foundations of Environmental Systems. The environment of an animal or plant can be defined as the external surroundings that act on it and affect its survival. A system is a collection of parts and the relationships between them, which together make up a whole. Systems have inputs, outputs and storages. A society is a group of individuals who share some common characteristics such as geographical location, cultural background, historical timeframe, religious perspective, or value sy...

model - Answer- a simplified description designed to show the structure or working of an object, system or concept. open system - Answer- type ***** in which both matter and energy are exchanged with its surroundings closed system - Answer- type ****** in which energy but not matter is exchanged with its surroundings Gaia hypothesis - Answer- developed by James Lovelock, compares the Earth to a living organism in which feedback mechanisms maintain equilibrium isolated system - Answer...