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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During the __________ period(s), humans altered heir habitats. | Hunter-gatherer, industrial revolution, agricultural revolution. |
| The __________ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. | Overhunting of large animals. |
| In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya |
| Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make is healthy describes __________. | environmental science |
| _______________ is a biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can decompose. | Newspaper. |
| Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population? | Canada |
| Which of the follwoing is a developing nation? | Ethiopia |
| A resident of ______ is likely to have the largest ecological footprint. | the United States |
| According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined and the demand remained the same? | oil prices would increase |
| An ecological footprint is the | amount of land and ocean are needed to support one person. |
| Which step is the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? | observing |
| A model of a dinosaur is an example of a ______ model. | physical |
| The avergae mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of | mean |
| the chance that an earthquake will occur in your own town during the next year is an example of | risk |
| The group that does not recieve the experimental treatment in an experiment is the | control group |
| A _______ is one type of graph that is particularly useful for organizing and comparing experimental data for several things in one graph. | bar graph |
| Good scientists demonstrate the habit of mind called ______ when they do not believe everything they are told. | skepticism |
| Equations used to represent how a scientific process works are called _________ models. | mathematical |
| Numeric information called __________ is gathered in an experiment. | data |
| A ______ is a testable explanation for an observation. | hypothesis |
| Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of the earth? | mesosphere |
| A fault is a break in the Earth's _______. | Crust |
| The boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or lake is __________. | Thermocline |
| Deep currents flow along the | ocean floor. |
| The richter scale best describes the | magnitude os an earthquake. |
| With respect to matter, Earth is mostly | a closed system |
| A volcano is a mountain built from | magma |
| What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? | tides |
| The transfer of energy through space is? | radiation |
| The total quantity of dissolved salts in the ocean is? | salinity |
| Change in the genetic charachteristics in a population from one generation to the next | evolution |
| Which of the following are vertebrates? | frogs |
| Archaebacteria and eubacteria are two kingdoms | two kingdoms |
| Which of the follwoing is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem? | water |
| Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence of arbsence of | particular traits |
| A desert ecosystem contains | air, living things, and sand. |
| Most bacteria, including the kinds that cause disease and those found in garden soul, belong to the kingdom, ______________. | Eubacteria |
| The initial source of food in most ocean and freshwater ecosystems is ______________. | Phytoplankton |
| The initial source of food in most land ecosystems is ________________ | plants |
| Animals that lack backbones are called ______ | invertebrates. |
| Consumers are organisms that | get solar or other energy indirectly. |
| Which of the following are photosynthetic organisms? | freshwater algae |
| Which organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain. | algae |
| Which gas makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first? | nitrogen. |
| Succession is possible because | a new species make the environment less suitable for previous ones |
| The first organisms to colonize any newly available area known as | pioneer species. |
| Horses and cattle are ______________ because they eat only producers. | herbivores |
| Bacteria and fungi are examples of a group of consumers called _________. | decomposers |
| A lion is an example of a group of consumers called ____________. | carnivores. |
| Succession that occurs on abandoned farmland is called __________ succession. | old-feild |
| The main factor that determines what type of plants grow in a biome is __________ | temperature and precipitation |
| If y ou visited a savanna, you would most likely | |
| Which step is the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight? | observing |
| A model of a dinosaur is an example of a ______ model. | physical |
| The avergae mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of | mean |
| the chance that an earthquake will occur in your own town during the next year is an example of | risk |
| The group that does not recieve the experimental treatment in an experiment is the | control group |
| A _______ is one type of graph that is particularly useful for organizing and comparing experimental data for several things in one graph. | bar graph |
| Good scientists demonstrate the habit of mind called ______ when they do not believe everything they are told. | skepticism |
| Equations used to represent how a scientific process works are called _________ models. | mathematical |
| Numeric information called __________ is gathered in an experiment. | data |
| A ______ is a testable explanation for an observation. | hypothesis |
| Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of the earth? | mesosphere |
| A fault is a break in the Earth's _______. | Crust |
| The boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or lake is __________. | Thermocline |
| Deep currents flow along the | ocean floor. |
| The richter scale best describes the | magnitude os an earthquake. |
| With respect to matter, Earth is mostly | a closed system |
| A volcano is a mountain built from | magma |
| What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect? | tides |
| The transfer of energy through space is? | radiation |
| The total quantity of dissolved salts in the ocean is? | salinity |
| Change in the genetic charachteristics in a population from one generation to the next | evolution |
| Which of the following are vertebrates? | frogs |
| Archaebacteria and eubacteria are two kingdoms | two kingdoms |
| Which of the follwoing is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem? | water |
| Natural selection is the unequal survival that results from the presence of arbsence of | particular traits |
| A desert ecosystem contains | air, living things, and sand. |
| Most bacteria, including the kinds that cause disease and those found in garden soul, belong to the kingdom, ______________. | Eubacteria |
| The initial source of food in most ocean and freshwater ecosystems is ______________. | Phytoplankton |
| The initial source of food in most land ecosystems is ________________ | plants |
| Animals that lack backbones are called ______ | invertebrates. |
| Consumers are organisms that | get solar or other energy indirectly. |
| Which of the following are photosynthetic organisms? | freshwater algae |
| Which organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain. | algae |
| Which gas makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first? | nitrogen. |
| Succession is possible because | a new species make the environment less suitable for previous ones |
| The first organisms to colonize any newly available area known as | pioneer species. |
| Horses and cattle are ______________ because they eat only producers. | herbivores |
| Bacteria and fungi are examples of a group of consumers called _________. | decomposers |
| A lion is an example of a group of consumers called ____________. | carnivores. |
| Succession that occurs on abandoned farmland is called __________ succession. | old-feild |
| The main factor that determines what type of plants grow in a biome is __________ | temperature and precipitation |
| If you visited a savanna, you would most likely see | large herds of grazing animals, such as rhinos, gazelles, and giraffes. |
| Which of the following is located primarily in coasal areas that have Mediterranean-style climates with dry summer and mild, wet winters? | chaparral |
| The deforestation of the rain forests may cause climate changes which, in turn, may affect | flooding |
| The tundra | has a layer of coil that is permanently frozen beneath the top soil |
| Which of the following adaptaions are used by animals of the Arctic tundra? | Rodents burrow underground for winter protection. |
| Estivating is? | burying in the ground |
| Deserts are | often formed on the dry side of mountain ranges |
| Adaptations of desert animals that help them survive in the hot, dry desert often include | searching for food at night |
| Plants in a particular biome that have _______________ that help them to survive in that biome | adaptaions |
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