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Matthew Edmondson
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ____ was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. | Over hunting of large mammals |
| In which country id the population likely to be increasing most rapidly? | Kenya |
| Which country is most likely to have either a stabilized or a slowly growing population? | Canada |
| The "Tragedy of the Commons" describes the conflict between. | individuals and society |
| An ecological footprint is the | amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person |
| Compared to developing nations, developed nations have | greater personal wealth |
| The term "biodiversity" refers to | the number and variety of species that live in an area |
| sunlight, air, forest, are all | natural resources |
| When the last member of a species dies, ___ is said to have occurred. | extinction |
| Residents of developed countries consume ____ percent of the world's resources. | 75 |
| In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the | variable |
| The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called | statistics |
| A model of a dinosaur is an example of what? | physical model |
| The average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves is an example of | mean |
| The chance that an earthquake will occur in your town during the next year is an example of | risk |
| The chance that an event will happen is known as | probability |
| Numeric information called ____ is gathered in an experiment. | data |
| The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the | control group |
| A ____ can explain an observation and predict what might happen in the future. | theory |
| Principals or standards we consider important are knows as ___. | Values |
| How did the Himalaya Mountains form? / | colliding tectonic plates |
| The ozone layer is located in the | stratosphere |
| The Richter scale describes | the magnitude of earthquakes |
| Deep currents flow along the | ocean floor |
| Energy is a | closed system |
| The boundary between warm and cold water in an ocean or lake is | thermocline |
| What are the pieces that compose the lithosphere? | tectonic plates |
| A volcano is a mountain built from? | magma |
| The transfer of energy through space is | radiation |
| Ozone is a molecule made up of | 3 oxygen atoms |
| Many angiosperms depend on animals for / | pollinating flowers and distributing seeds |
| Name an invertebrate. | frog |
| Archaebacteria and Eubacteria are | two kingdoms |
| The place that contains everything an organism needs is its | habitat |
| A desert ecosystem contains | air, living things, and sand |
| Single-celled organisms with cell walls but no nucleus are | bacteria |
| Which two kingdoms contain organisms that can use energy from the d-sun to make food? | protists, plants |
| Which two kingdoms contain organisms that break down dead organisms? | eubacteria, fungi |
| The initial sourced of food in most land ecosystems is ___. | plants |
| A collie is a breed of dog that exists because of _____ selection. | artificial |
| Animals with backbones are? | vertebrates |
| Consumers are organisms that / | get solar or other energy indirectly |
| Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers? | herbivores |
| What term is used to refer to many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem? | food web |
| What is an example of a pioneer plant? | shrub |
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