EnvS QM1 rev

Question 1

Where is most of the fresh water on Earth located?

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ice caps and glaciers

Question 2

Overpopulation, overconsumption, pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of _________.

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environmental challenges

Question 3

In the model below, which stage of the water cycle is represented by the letter B

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condensation

Question 4

preserves natural resources for future generations

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sustainable society

Question 5

Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?

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building wooden furniture

Question 6

Which of the following is not a major requirement for the survival of all living things?

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clothes

Question 7

this is the moment-by-moment conditions of the atmosphere.

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weather

Question 8

all living and nonlivingthings in nature

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natural environment

Question 9

How did the Himalaya Mountains form?

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colliding tectonic plates

Question 10

the variety of life on Earth

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biodiversity

Question 11

During the agricultural revolution

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plants and animals were domesticated

Question 12

Solve the equation.

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this is environmental science not the physics bowl, minus eight pi alpha, -8πα

Question 13

where people live and breath and where weather occurs

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troposphere

Question 14

Most of today’s environmental problems began during which period in human history?

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industrial revolution

Question 15

The fair treatment of all people concerning environmental problems is known as

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environmental justice

Question 16

What would a zoologist study?

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animals

Question 17

The ______ was the time when humans started using machines to produce goods.

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Industrial Revolution

Question 18

the parts of the world thathumans have made

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built environment

Question 19

When you breathe, you take in ___________ and let out _____________.

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oxygen / carbon dioxide

Question 20

the place where an organism lives

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habitat

Question 21

Ammonium and nitrates are forms of what element organisms need to survive?

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Nitrogen

Question 22

the evaporation of water from plant leaves

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transpiration

Question 23

Winds that blow from the equator out to the poles are turned because Earth

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spins

Question 24

Earths continents were once a single landmass called

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Pangaea

Question 25

Which step in the experimental method is a scientist using when photographing birds in flight?

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observation

Question 26

_____ is the fair treatment of all people concerning environmental problems.

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Environmental Justice

Question 27

The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the

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control group

Question 28

Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource?

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intense cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients

Question 29

In the model below, which stage of the water cycle is represented by the letter A

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evaporation

Question 30

A theory may eventually become a ______.

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principle

Question 31

What is the process of making sense of the results of an experiment?

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analysis

Question 32

A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it

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states what is likely to happen and makes logical sense

Question 33

The ______ was the time period when humans began to farm and raise animals

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Agricultural Revolution

Question 34

In the scientific method, what is used to test a hypothesis?

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experiment

Question 35

All of these fields of study contribute to environmental science except

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linguistics

Question 36

Which of the following is the most geologically active region on the surface of Earth?

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boundaries between tectonic plates

Question 37

What does DDT stand for?

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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

Question 38

What is a well-tested hypothesis that explains many scientific observations?

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theory

Question 39

Using more resources than the environment can support is known as______________________.

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overconsumption

Question 40

Which of the following are producers of oxygen?

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plants

Question 41

What is being tested in an experiment?

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hypothesis, variable

Question 42

The source of energy for all of Earth’s ecosystems is

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the sun

Question 43

Moral principles that guide people’s actions are called ______________________.

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ethics

Question 44

A basic law or truth that has been tested over time is a(n)______________________.

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principle

Question 45

What part of Earth encompasses all areas where organisms can obtain the energy they need?

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biosphere

Question 46

In the model below, which stage of the water cycle is represented by the letter C

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precipitaiton

Question 47

the process of water moving from the air to the earth and back

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water cycle

Question 48

This consists of the water above ground, below ground, and in the air

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hydrosphere

Question 49

Environmental science is a(n) __________ because it uses knowledge to solve practical problems.

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applied science

Question 50

Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

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species extinctions have been rare throughout history, Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen

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