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Enviro Test #1 retak
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _____ Countries generate 75% of the world’s population and waste | developed |
| Direct solar energy is renewable, potentially renewable, or non renewable | renewable |
| Fresh water is renewable, potentially renewable, or non renewable | potentially renewable |
| Biodiversity is renewable, potentially renewable, or non renewable | potentially renewable |
| In which would the bear be considered a tertiary consumer | acorn-insect-rodent-bear |
| Which of the following factors is not used in determining the biotic potential of a species | the average lifespan of all members of the species taken together in other words, the average numbers each year, members live from birth to death. |
| Which of the following terms includes the others, species diversity, genetic diversity, biodiversity, ecological diversity, or none of the above | biodiversity |
| Writer states that increasing human pop = excessive weight to the planet= shifting its orbit around the sun, what concept does he not understand | The principle of biogeochemical cycles |
| Benthos | organisms that live at the bottom of a body of water |
| Nekton | large organisms that are strong swimmers |
| Plankton | weakly swimming free floating organisms |
| Zooplankton | non-photosynthetic primary consumers |
| Organisms that feed on plants are called | herbivores |
| Which of the following statements best illustrates the tragedy of the commons | people who walk on the commons ruin the grass |
| Which of the following is the best example of environmental remediation | PCB consuming bacteria are sprayed on an area that has soil contaminated with PCB’s |
| All of the following are traps that block living sustainable, a faith in simple easy answers, gloom and doom pessimism, critical evaluation of experts and leaders, blind technological optimism except | critical evaluation of experts and leaders |
| Egocentrism is characterized by all of the following except | believing that all types of economic growth are important for alleviating poverty |
| According to the 2nd thermo law, which is not possible | 1 joule of heat energy to 1 joule of light energy |
| Earth has been described as a closed system, This means that essentially __________ is exchanged between earth and space | energy, but not matter |
| Natural ecosystems achieve sustainability through | use of one way solar energy flow and efficient recycling of nutrients |
| An interbreeding group occupying a specific geographical area is called a | population |
| Interactions between the community and its environment | ecosystem |
| The collective area on earth where all living things exist | biosphere |
| Abiotic factors | sun, rain |
| Organisms capable of reproducing | species |
| All populations of organisms living in an area | community |
| Area dominated by characteristic plants and animals determined by temp and rain fall | biome |
| Species that normally live and thrive in a particular ecosystem are known as | specialist species |
| DDT question | the ddt killed susceptible flies but few were naturally resistant lived and reproduce, offspring repopulated the area |
| The theory of natural selection postulates that | to at least a small extent the survival and reproductive success of individuals depend on the extent to which they are genetically adapted to their environment |
| The size of the earth has enough | mass to gravitationally attract the atmosphere |
| The foreleg of the horse and the wing of the bat are _____structures | homologous |
| Which best describes El Nino south oscillation | warm water in east pacific moves towards west pacific |
| The four season are caused by | the rotation around sun and its tilt on its axis |
| Examples of Evergreen plants are | pines and cedars |
| 2 prominent greenhouse gases in the troposphere are | carbon dioxide and water vapor |
| Limiting factor that controls vegetative character of a biome is | precipitation |
| Chaparral, rain forest, or estuary has greatest GPP | estuary then rain forest |
| Primary limiting factor of the rain forest is | nutrients |
| Which is not a characteristic of desert plants | large leaves that droop in bright sunlight |
| Permafrost and lichens are characteristics of what biome | arctic tundra |
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