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| The _____ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution? | overhunting of large animals
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| In which country is the population likkely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya
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| Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes | environmental science
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| ______ is a biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumilate more rapidly than it can decompose | newspapaer
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| ____ describes the depletion of a renewable resource | intensice cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients
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| The "Tragedy of the Commons" describes the conflict between | individuals and society
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| An ecological footprint is ____ | amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person
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| Compared to developing nations, developed nations have | greater personal wealth
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| ______ is a developing nation. | Ethiopia
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| A resident of _______ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint | the US
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| In an experient, the factor of interest is called the ______ | control group
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| Curiosity and imagination are important in science because they are | abilities in scientists that help expand our knowledge
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| The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called | statistics
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| Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? | observing
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| A model of a dinosaur is an example of a ______ model | physical
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| The average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of ____ | sample size
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| The chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of ____ | risk
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| a _____ is one type of graph that is particularly useful for organizing and comparing experimental data for several things in one graph | bar graph
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| Good scientists demonstrate the habit of mind called ______ when the do not believe everything they are told | skepticism
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| Numeric information called ____ is gathered in an experiment | data
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| How did the Himalaya Mountains form? | colliding textonic plates
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| What are wind and water erosion not likely to effect? | tides
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| _____ are producers of oxygen | plants
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| The ozone layer is located in the ______ | sratosphere
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| The Richter scale best describes the | magnitude of an earthquake
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| Deep currents flow along the | ocean floor
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| With respect to energy, Earth is an | open system
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| With respect to matter, Earth is a | closed system
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| The boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or lake is... | thermocline
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| The transfer of energy through space is ___ | radiation
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| Which of the following is not a ecosystem? | utility pole
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| The energy in most ecosystems comes from... | sunlight
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| What is not true about organism's habitat? | most organisms can survive if taking out of there habitat.
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| Which of the following animals is successful beacuse it moves quickly, reproduces rapidly, and has waterproof external skeleton? | ant
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| One wat that bacteria and fungi are importatnt to the environment is that they.... | break down dead organisms
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| what is not a biotic factor? | air
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| Single-celled with cell walls but no nuclius are? | bacteria
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| A gymnosperm is a ... | plant
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| Which kind of organism contains all energy from producers? | herbivores
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| Which gas makes up 78% of our atmoshpere? | nitrogen
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| If you visited a savanna what would you see? | grazzing animals, rhinos, gazelles
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| Animals that lives in the desert .... | nocturnal
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| Deserts are?? | often formed on dry sides of mountains
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| The tundra ... | has a layer of soil that is frozen called permafrost
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| Taiga is.. | a forest biomes that is dominated by conifer trees
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| Biomes... | describes the types of vegitation
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| Degrees measured from the north and south ofthe equator is measured in?? | latitude
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| Which of the following is not a ecosystem? | utility pole
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| The energy in most ecosystems comes from... | sunlight
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| What is not true about organism's habitat? | most organisms can survive if taking out of there habitat.
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| Which of the following animals is successful beacuse it moves quickly, reproduces rapidly, and has waterproof external skeleton? | ant
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| One wat that bacteria and fungi are importatnt to the environment is that they.... | break down dead organisms
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| what is not a biotic factor? | air
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| Single-celled with cell walls but no nuclius are? | bacteria
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| A gymnosperm is a ... | plant
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| Which kind of organism contains all energy from producers? | herbivores
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| Which gas makes up 78% of our atmoshpere? | nitrogen
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| If you visited a savanna what would you see? | grazzing animals, rhinos, gazelles
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| Animals that lives in the desert .... | nocturnal
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| Deserts are?? | often formed on dry sides of mountains
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| The tundra ... | has a layer of soil that is frozen called permafrost
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| Taiga is.. | a forest biomes that is dominated by conifer trees
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| Biomes... | describes the types of vegitation
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| Degrees measured from the north and south ofthe equator is measured in?? | latitude
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| Which of the following is not a ecosystem? | utility pole
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| The energy in most ecosystems comes from... | sunlight
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| What is not true about organism's habitat? | most organisms can survive if taking out of there habitat.
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| Which of the following animals is successful beacuse it moves quickly, reproduces rapidly, and has waterproof external skeleton? | ant
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| One wat that bacteria and fungi are importatnt to the environment is that they.... | break down dead organisms
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| what is not a biotic factor? | air
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| Single-celled with cell walls but no nuclius are? | bacteria
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| A gymnosperm is a ... | plant
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| Which kind of organism contains all energy from producers? | herbivores
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| Which gas makes up 78% of our atmoshpere? | nitrogen
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| If you visited a savanna what would you see? | grazzing animals, rhinos, gazelles
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| Animals that lives in the desert .... | nocturnal
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| Deserts are?? | often formed on dry sides of mountains
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| The tundra ... | has a layer of soil that is frozen called permafrost
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| Taiga is.. | a forest biomes that is dominated by conifer trees
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| Biomes... | describes the types of vegitation
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| Degrees measured from the north and south ofthe equator is measured in?? | latitude
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| Swamps are found where? | flat, poorly drained land
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| Estuaries | prevent developement of salt marshes.
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| Which organism produces most of the food in aquatic ecosystem | phytoplankton
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| ECosystem with the highest level of salinity | salt marshes
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| Majority of marine life is where? | shallow and coatal waters
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| Plakton form the base of? | food web
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