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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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