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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. What are renewable resources?
. Resources that are used faster than they form
resources that can replenish themselves over time
resources that formed over millions of years
resources that exist only in rural areas
- 2. Multiple Choice
1. What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?
The same temperature
a little cooler than it is now
. Too cold to live
a little warmer than it is now
- 3. Multiple Choice
According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?
Metals
paper
plastics
Yard trimmings
- 4. Multiple Choice
1. Which level of the food chain is most affected by biomagnifications?
Producers
primary consumers
secondary consumers
tertiary consumers
- 5. Multiple Choice
1. Why is firewood considered to be a renewable resource?
It can be replenished over time.
It is used up faster than it can form.
It is made from coal.
It can be made synthetically.
- 6. Multiple Choice
1. Why has Earth's human carrying capacity increased greatly?
Other organisms have been displaced by agriculture, so there is more space for humans.
Humans have modified their environment due to technological advances.
Humans can live closer together than other animals
Humans are now eating fewer plants than they used to.
- 7. Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
coal
wind energy
solar energy
water
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is global warming
the normal temperature fluctuations of Earth's climate cycle
the melting of the polar ice caps
the trend of increasing temperatures on Earth
the changes in Earth's biosphere that affect the atmosphere
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which member of the following food chain is most likely to be affected by mercury, a pollutant? Algae - zooplankton - salmon – bear
algae
salmon
zooplankton
bear
- 10. Multiple Choice
How might an introduced plant species kill native plant species?
. Its rapid growth can deprive native plants of sunlight.
Its rapid growth can deprive native plants of food.
It can cause soil loss from erosion.
Its rapid growth can deprive native plants of oxygen.
- 11. Multiple Choice
1. What is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on Earth?
habitat destruction
loss of drinking water
decrease in food supply
pollution
- 12. Multiple Choice
1. Why might an introduced animal species overrun native species in an ecosystem?
. Its population size is smaller than those of native species.
. It is more energy efficient, so it eats less food.
It is a predator of the native species.
It often has no natural enemies
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which term describes the practice of managing resources so that current needs are met without harming future generations?
species introduction
sustainable development
habitat fragmentation
biomagnification
- 14. Multiple ChoiceMany different types of organisms.Pioneer speciesCommunityBiodiversityPopulation
- 15. Multiple ChoiceFinal stage of successionClimax communityTerminal CommunitySecondary communityEnd phase
- 16. Multiple Choice__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.Renewable Energy ResourceNonrenewable Energy ResourceFossil FuelForever Fuel
- 17. Multiple Choice__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.Renewable Energy ResourceNonrenewable Energy ResourceFossil FuelsForever Fuels
- 18. Multiple ChoiceCoal is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 19. Multiple ChoiceSolar Power is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 20. Multiple ChoiceNatural Gas is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 21. Multiple ChoiceNon-renewable or Renewable: WoodNon-renewableRenewable
- 22. Multiple Choice
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.
Natural Resource
Nonrenewable Resource
Renewable Resource
Biosphere
- 23. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the food chain, which of these organisms most likely contains the least concentration of toxins (DDT) ?MouseSnakeHawk
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is considered to be a factor affecting Earth’s ozone layer?Chloroflourocarbonshydrogen gasnitrogen gaswater vapor
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBurning fossil fuels results in which of the following:ozone layer depletionglobal climate changedeforestationpollution of ocean waters
- 26. Multiple ChoiceCoal burning results in which of the following:production of acid rainrelease of radiationincrease in deforestation
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would cause the greatest decrease in the number of species of plants and animals living in some of the lakes & streams?increase in dissolved oxygenglobal warmingozone destructionacid rain
- 28. Multiple ChoiceDeforestation results in which of the followingincrease in CO2decrease in CO2increase in O2decrease in H
- 29. Multiple ChoiceTrue or false deforestation contribute to global warming.TrueFalse
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich action by humans could improve the quality of the air?building homes that use only oil furnaces for heatbuying cars that get more miles per gallon of gasolineincreasing the number of coal-burning power plants that generate electricitycutting down forests to clear land for factories
- 31. Multiple ChoiceIf the human population continues to grow exponentially it would result in which of the following:a reduction of resourcesdecrease pollutionincrease in available freshwater
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