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Please answer all of the questions to the best of your ability. Use the textbook, lecture slides, and the internet as your reference guide.

Part 1: Vocabulary (10 points)

Use one or two sentences to define the following term. You can use your textbook or the internet as a source.

1. Sustainability

2. Scientific Law

3. Ecosystem Service

4. Natural Resource

5. Element

6. Kinetic Energy

7. Nutrient Cycling

8. Electromagnetic Spectrum

9. Cell

10. pH

Part B: Short Answer Questions (30 points): About 50 words

1. Distinguish among protons, neutrons and electrons.

2. What are the three scientific principles of sustainability?

3. What are the three most environmentally unsustainable components of your lifestyle?

4. What are feedback loops? Give an example each of a positive and a negative feedback loop.

5. Differentiate between photosynthesis and respiration.

6. What is a food web? Give an example.