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A. liquid waterin lakes.
B. ice caps and glaciers
C. liquid water in rivers.
D. groundwater.
Most fresh water is present in the form of:
A. aquifer.
B. watershed.
C. water table..
D. groundwater.
. The upper limit of an unconfined underground reservoir of water is termed the:
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A. faulty dams upstream of major flooding areas.
B. draining wetlands.
C. levees that failed to hold back floodwaters.
D. building on flood plains.
Flooding of the Mississippi River basin in 1993 was caused or exacerbated by all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Great Lakes Aquifer.
B. Great Basin Aquifer.
C. Rocky Mountain Aquifer.
D. Ogallala Aquifer
The largest groundwater deposit in the world is the:
a.generating electricity.
b. providing flood control for areas downstream.
c. increasing habitat quality for native fishes.
d.none of the above
Benefits of dams include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon-dioxide
B. oxygen, carbon-dioxide,
carbon, water vapor
C. nitrogen, carbon-dioxide, oxygen, water vapor
D. oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, carbon-dioxide
The four most abundant gases in the atmosphere are, in order of decreasing abundance:
A. nitrogen oxides.
B. sunlight.
C. volatile organic compounds.
D. all of the above.
Photochemical smog generally requires the presence of
A. precipitation.
B. cold air drainage.
C. a lid of warm air on top of cooler, stagnant air.
D. a cold blanket of air that prevents warm air from rising.
A thermal inversion is the result of
A. sulfur dioxide.
B. ozone.
C. sulfur dioxide.
D. carbon dioxide.
Primary pollutants from burning coal include all of the following except
A. amount of industry.
B. size of the ozone hole over
the Arctic.
C. fuels used in industry, heating, and transportation.
D. local climate and topography.
The frequency and severity of smog in an area depends least upon the
D.
A.
B.
C.
Which horizon in the diagram accumulates leached minerals?
A.
B.
C.
None of them
Which layer in the diagram represents the soil’s parent rock?
A. gravel
B. sand
C. silt
D. clay
Which of the following has the smallest particle size?
A. organic material
B. weathered rock fragments
C. unjointed bedrock
D. iron particles
Humus is made up mainly of
A. established five
new national parks.
B. safeguards mountain areas
but not tundra or desert.
C. gives wilderness areas the highest protection of any federal lands.
D. limits the percentage of an area that can be developed
for human habitation and other activities.
. The Wilderness Act of 1964:
The amount of energy passed from one trophic level to the next is approximately:
A. 1%.
B. 25%.
C. 10%.
D. 50%.
A. 6O2 + C6H12O6 + 6H2O ----> 6CO2 + 12H2O + ENERGY.
B. 12CO2 + 6H2O + RADIANT ENERGY ----> C6H12O6 + 12O2.
C. C6H12O6 + 12 H2O ----> 6CO2 +12H2O + ENERGY.
D. 6CO2 +12H2O + RADIANT ENERGY ---->
C6H12O6 + 6H2O + 6O2.
. The correct, chemically balanced equation for cell respiration is:
A. recycles throughan ecosystem.
B. is used over and over again.
C. flows in only one direction through
an ecosystem.D. tends to be concentrated by living organisms
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A. disease organisms
B. living space
C. photosynthesis
D. producers
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
A. clearcutting.
B. seed-tree cutting
C. selective cutting.
D. shelterwood cutting. .
The removal of all mature trees in an area over a period of time is known as:
A. a chronic exposure
B. a subchronic exposure
C. an acute exposure
D. a subacute exposure
A person flying over the Chernobyl site two days after the explosion most probably experienced _____ to the release of radioactive substances.
A. is the best tool for evaluating chemical toxicity.
B. implies there is a dose below which no detectable
harmful effects occur.
C. errs on the side of safety.
D. is useful for assessing chronic toxicity.
A threshold dose-response model
A. hydrochloric acid.
B. organophosphate pesticides.
C. chlorinated
hydrocarbons.
D. arsenic.
All of the following are neurotoxins except
A. chlorinated
hydrocarbons.
B. industrial solvents.
C. estrogen.
D. arsenic and mercury.
All of the following are synthetic neurotoxins that have been released into the environment except
A. algae.
B. predatory birds.
C. zooplankton.
D. small fish.
You have been studying a large lake ecosystem. You learn that PCBs have been dumped into the water. You predict that the most effected population would be the
A. paper.
B. glass
C. food wastes
D. plastics.
The largest single component of municipal solid waste in the United States is:
A. agriculture, industry, and municipal solid waste.
B. industry, mining, and office buildings.
C. agriculture, mining, and municipal solid waste.
D. agriculture, industry, and mining.
The three largest producers of solid waste in the United States are:
A. by composting.
B. in sanitary landfills.
C. by incineration.
D. by recycling.
. Over half of the municipal solid waste produced in the United States is disposed of:
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A. geology.
B. A,C, and D
C. proximity to nearby surface and ground water.
D. proximity to population centers
but far enough to not be offensive.
What factors should be considered to make an "ideal" sanitary landfill?
A. the release of carbon monoxide.
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B. air pollution containing mercury.
C. an increased possibility of gas explosions.
D. particulate air pollution.
All of the following are problems associated with incineration EXCEPT:
A. chemical factor
B. selected factor
C. validating factor
D. limiting factor
The case study of Washington Lake in the Environmental Science text illustrates how phosphorous in the effluent of sewage treatment plants caused an unnatural growth of algae in the lake. Before the unnatural algae growth, phosphorous was the __________ in the growth of the algae
A. 14 month
B. 14 years
C. 1.4 years
D. 7 years
Calculate the doubling time of the population in Kellertopia. The annual population growth in this fictive country is 5.0 %.a) 14 monthb) 140 monthc) 1.4 yearsd) 14 yearse) 7 years
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. II only
D. I only
Decreased death rate and the accelerated rate of human population growth are related to:I. the improvement of sanitationII. increased food supplyIII. control of disease-spreading organismsa) I onlyb) II onlyc) III onlyd) I and IIe) I, II and III
A. carrying capacity
B. logistic capacity
C. demographic transition
D. maximum capacity
The maximum population that can be sustained indefinitely by the environment is called
A. r = (b + d) - (i + e)
B. r = (b – d) ÷ (i – e)
C. r = (b + d) - (i + e)
D. r = (b – d) + (i – e)
Which of the following equations accurately represents population growth?
The major greenhouse gases include all of the following excepta. chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).b. carbon dioxide and water vapor.c. sulfur dioxide.d. ozone.e. methane.
A. CFCs
B. ozone.
C. methane.
D. sulfur dioxide
All of the following greenhouse gases have increased in recent decades except
A. carbon dioxide.
B. methane.
C. water vapor.
D. nitrous oxide.
In the event of global warming, food production might be negatively affected by all of the following except
A. poorer soil in new crop-growing regions.
B. decreased UV radiation resulting from increased ozone.
C. lack of irrigation
water in some areas.
D. high costs of moving agricultural areas to
higher latitudes
If climate belts move faster than trees migrate, there could be
A. large forest diebacks.
B. mass extinctions of species that
couldn't migrate.
C. all of the above and Below
D. concentration of pesticides in streams and lakes
The quickest, cheapest, and most effective way to reduce the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is to
A. increase the efficiency of energy use.
B. switch from fossil fuels to nuclear fuels.
C. plant trees to trap more carbon dioxide.
D. stop deforestation.
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