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1. Which of the following negatively impacts the environment?
a. reducing the demand for fossil fuels
b. replanting deforested areas
c. using more pesticides
d. using renewable resources
c. using more pesticides
2. The diagram below shows a food chain.
What do the arrows in the diagram represent?
a. flow of energy
b. life cycle stages
c. one community replacing another
d. renewable resource depletion
a. flow of energy
3. If producers in a food web were removed, which of the following changes would most likely occur?
a. Consumers of the web would begin making energy for the food web
b. the entire food web would collapse over time
c. the food web would depend on the decomposers for energy
d. the populations of the remaining organisms in the food web would increase
b. the entire food web would collapse over time
4. The most abundant element found in living organisms is...
a. carbon
b. hydrogen
c. nitrogen
d. oxygen
a. carbon
5. What is the interdependence of plants and animals on each other for food know as
a. a universal relationship
b. domestic
c. symbiosis
d. the food chain
d. the food chain
6. A food web is different from a food chain because...
a. animals eat plants in a food web and they do not in a food chain
b. a food web is a combination of several food chains
c. decomposers eat animals in a food chain but not in a food web
d. a food web and a food chain are the same thing
b. a food web is a combination of several food chains
7. Material placed on soil to break the fall of raindrops is called ___________.
a. contour farming
b. lime
c. mulch
d. strip cropping
c. mulch
8. In the water cycle when water is changed from a liquid to a gas it is called ____________.
a. condensation
b. evaporation
c. precipitation
d. transpiration
b. evaporation
9. Which of the following ingredients is not associated with photosynthesis?
a. carbon dioxide
b. oxygen
c. radon
d. water
c. radon
10. The buildup of heat resulting from sunlight passing through clear objects and heating trapped air in the interior area is called?
a. infrared energy
b. the greenhouse effect
c. radiation
d. ultraviolet
b. the greenhouse effect
11. Humans can survive how long without proper air to breathe?
a. 6 minutes
b. 12 minutes
c. 2 hours
d. 12 hours
a. 6 minutes
12. The source of radioactive dust is most likely from...
a. cracks in the basement floors
b. damaged ozone layer
c. improperly adjusted furnaces
d. nuclear reactions
d. nuclear reactions
13. Which has the lowest tendency to form clods, the least moisture holding capacity and the least fertility?
a. clay
b. loam
c. sand
d. silt
c. sand
14. Scientists identified the buildup of what substance as the cause of the thinning ozone layer?
a. carbon monoxide
b. chlorofluorocarbons
c. nitrous oxide
d. radon
b. chlorofluorocarbons
15. Which of the following are the basis of food chains?
a. carnivores
b. consumers
c. herbivores
d. producers
d. producers
16. What kind of water is unavailable to plant roots because it is held tightly against the soil particles?
a. alluvial water
b. capillary water
c. gravitational water
d. hygroscopic water
d. hygroscopic water
17. What are sensitive organisms that show the state of an environment's overall health called?
a. consumers
b. endangered species
c. indicator species
d. limiting factor
c. indicator species
18. All of the following are examples of recommended practices to reduce or prevent wind and water erosion except for...
a. conservation tillage
b. crop rotation
c. sheet erosion
d. strip cropping
c. sheet erosion
19. What is the process by which organic matter is reduced to organic compounds?
a. decomposition
b. photosynthesis
c. respiration
d. symbiosis
a. decomposition
20. Which of the following soil particles is the smallest?
a. clay
b. organic matter
c. sand
d. silt
a. clay
21. Which of the following layers of soil contributes the least to plant nutrition?
a. bedrock
b. Horizon A
c. Horizon B
d. Horizon C
d. Horizon C
22. What is the wildlife relationship that refers to a plant or animal that lives in, on or with another, sharing its food, but not helping or harming it?
a. commensalism
b. mutualism
c. parasitism
d. predation
a. commensalism
23. The amount of dissolved oxygen in warm water is ____________ than it is in cold water.
a. better
b. higher
c. lower
d. no different
c. lower
24. What is an organism called that is sensitive to pollution and is used to determine the suitability of a living environment?
a. indicator species
b. invasive species
c. limiting factor
d. native species
a. indicator species
25. One species of fish that is often undesirable in lakes and ponds is...
a. bass
b. carp
c. sunfish
d. trout
b. carp
26. Water quality is least affected by which of the following factors?
a. chemical runoff
b. fish density
c. fish species
d. weather
c. fish species
27. What occurs when heritable traits that increase an organism's chances for survival are passed from one generation to the next?
a. adaptation
b. assimilation
c. extinction
d. mutation
a. adaptation
28. This limits photosynthesis and visibility, it is caused by the presence of suspended matter in water.
a. buffer
b. temperature
c. toxins
d. turbidity
d. turbidity
29. Renewable resources are....
a. any material that provides energy
b. irreplaceable
c. replaceable
d. not natural resources
c. replaceable
30. The groundwater that is available for plant root absorption is called?
a. capillary
b. free
c. gravitational
d. hygroscopic
a. capillary
31. The process of bacteria changing dead organisms into ammonia, then to nitrites, and finally to nitrates useful to plants is called _____________.
a. ammonification
b. electrolysis
c. nitrification
d. photosynthesis
c. nitrification
32. Carbon is returned to the atmosphere through....
a. carbon is completely used and never returns to the environment
b. respiration of producers, consumers, and decomposers
c. the burning of fossil fuels
d. the water cycle
b. respiration of producers, consumers, and decomposers
33. Approximately 78% of the earth's atmosphere is made up of what gas?
a. carbon
b. nitrogen
c. oxygen
d. water vapors
b. nitrogen
34. The organisms unable to manufacture their own food are called...
a. consumers
b. decomposers
c. producers
d. providers
a. consumers
35. The predictable and gradual change from one community with the passage of time is called...
a. community change
b. ecological change
c. ecosystem drift
d. ecological succession
d. ecological succession
36. ____________ breakdown waste products and organisms that have died into chemical substances that are released into the environment.
a. Food chains
b. Producers
c. Consumers
d. Decomposers
d. Decomposers
37. Consumers...
a. are the beginning of any food chain
b. cannot make their own food
c. manufacture their own food by participating in food chains/webs.
d. outnumber the producers in the world.
b. cannot make their own food
38. Salinization, alkalization, and water logging usually occur from...
a. cultivation of poor soils
b. improper irrigation practices
c. improper utilization of sewage sludge
d. low-input cultivation of crops
b. improper irrigation practices
39. Depth of surface soil is important for which of the following reasons?
a. is not important
b. root development occurs in the upper 12 inches of soil
c. shallow surface soil holds structures depth of surface soil
d. water cannot drain through deep surface soils
b. root development occurs in the upper 12 inches of soil
40. In the field of chemistry, excessive "misplaced matter" is considered ____________.
a. acid rain
b. hazardous waste
c. nuclear fusion
d. pollution
d. pollution
41. Which of the following are not considered to be a factor influencing the toxicity of chemicals?
a. absorbed dose
b. frequency of exposure
c. length of exposure
d. weather conditions
d. weather conditions
42. Which of the following chemical elements is not needed to form an organic chemical?
a. carbon
b. chlorine
c. hydrogen
d. oxygen
b. chlorine
43. The natural process of plants releasing water into the atmosphere is called ____________.
a. condensation
b. evaporation
c. respiration
d. transpiration
d. transpiration
44. The build up of plant nutrients in a body of water, which leads to excessive algae growth is called ______.
a. equinoctial
b. equatorial
c. eradication
d. eutrophication
d. eutrophication
45. The process that changes water from a gas to a liquid is called _________.
a. condensation
b. evaporation
c. respiration
d. transpiration
a. condensation
46. Air pollutants which adhere to precipitation and falls to the earth is called __________.
a. acid drainage
b. acid rain
c. leachate
d. leaching
b. acid rain
47. Nitrates are...
a. common gases found in the atmosphere.
b. formed from the decomposing of dead organisms and animal wastes.
c. man-made fertilizers utilized in the production of the food we eat
d. not useful to plants until converted to nitrites
b. formed from the decomposing of dead organisms and animal wastes.
48. Which of the following influences the solubility of oxygen?
a. alkalinity
b. pH
c. temperature
d. water hardness
c. temperature
49. What is the over accumulation of pollutants at successive levels of the food chain called?
a. biomagnification
b. bio permeability
c. eutriphication
d. non point source pollution
a. biomagnification
50. Which of the following is not a process of soil degradation?
a. nitrogen fixation
b. salinization
c. soil erosion
d. soil pollution
a. nitrogen fixation
What is the area of earth that supports life called?
The biosphere
All the parts of a particular environment form a
Ecosystem
Effluent water is described as...
Water that is discharged from factories or farms
The term "biodegradable" refers to materials that can be broken down such as newspapers. "Bio" in this term refers to what?
Bacteria breaking down these materials
Material. That is the result of decomposition of organic matter is.
compost
A type of resource that can be replaced or re-created once they are used
Renewable
What are living and nonliving things found on earth that people need
Natural resources
In the Hydrologic cycle, evaporation and transpiration would cause which of the following
precipitation
The most abundant element in earths atmosphere
Nitrogen
Acid rain is associated with which of the following?
burning fossil fuels
Dissolved oxygen is an important water quality measurement. If there is an excessive amount of decaying plant material in a body of water, will this affect a DO levels.
This will lower the levels of DO in the water
Soil texture describes
the proportion of sand, silt, and clay in soil
Which of the following statements is true when referring to soil particles
Clay is the smallest particle in soil
Which of the following soils has the most water holding capacity?
Soils that have a high clay content
Which of the following would be typical very little to no slope for a piece of land
May stay wet longer and limit decay of organic matter
Water quality is less effective by
Fish species
When two species of wild life live together for the benefit of both, the relationship is called
Mutualism
Which relationship refers to a plant or animal that lives in, on, or with another sharing food, but not helping or harming it
Commensalism
Soil pH is generally raised by adding
lime
In which of the following so horizons is parent material, usually found in
Horizon C
What is an organism called that is sensitive to pollution and is used to determine the suitability of a living environment
indicator species
Overly wet soil is often low in productivity. Which of the following are true in these wet soils
Little or no air can penetrate the soil
Soil profile is...
A cross-section view of soil
In the air, what filters at harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun?
The ozone in the air
The sulfur in the air, combines with oxygen and moisture form what, which has been found to damage and kill trees, and other plants
Sulfuric acid
The process of bacteria, changing dead organisms into ammonia, then to nitrate, and finally to nitrates, which are useful to plants is called
Nitrification
Nitro is oxide is the troublesome pollutant, occurring from which of the following major sources
Gasoline engines
What is the ozone damaging substance?
Chlorofluorocarbons
What is the poisonous gas we cannot remove from auto exhaust
carbon monoxide
What is the over accumulation of politicians at successive levels in the food chain called
Biomagnification
It's the producers in a food web were removed, which of the following changes would most likely occur
The entire food web with collapse overtime
A food web is different from a food chain because...
A food web is a combination of several food chains
Which has the lowest tendency to form clods, the least moisture holding capacity in the least fertility
sand
The amount of dissolved oxygen in warm water is what then it is in cold water
Lower
Lines of longitude
Are known as meridians
What data includes information pertaining to satellite orbital corrections
Ephemeris
What errors are known to occur from signal reflections from various nearby objects?
Multipath
GPS is a constellation of approximately ________ satellites.
24
Prolonged presence of water, hydric soils, and presence of hydrophytic plants are characterized as
Wetlands
Oxygen can be added to a pond by doing which of the following
aeration
Which of the following atmospheric zones is farthest from the surface of the Earth?
Ionosphere
Which of the following absorbs almost all the ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth
Stratospheric ozone
Which is not true about non-renewable sources
They cannot be stored for future use
What is a form of heat energy, which originates deep in the Earth's molten interior
Geothermal
Of the following sources, which supplies the most commercial energy in the world today?
oil
Which of the following is an environmental problem associated with abandoned coil mines
Acid drainage due to leaching of spoil heaps by rainwater
Particulates released into the air form industrial processes, affecting air quality, can be removed by the process of
Scrubbing
Which of the following is not an area of concentration to prevent contamination of groundwater by cropping pesticides
Overgrazing areas of concern
Which of the following is a type of groundwater that is available to plant roots
capillary water
The communication of salt and water occurs most often when...
Water is lost through evaporation
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