Duplicate of Environmental Science Final Review

A student was excited on August 21st because he saw _____ in the University of San Francisco.

All of the land area from which water drains into a particular stream system is:

Density driven circulation which occurs within the Earths mantle and drives plate tectonics is

An advantage of algal biofuel production over conventional ethanol production is that:

Choose the correct hierarchy of the levels of complexity in nature below

A pollutant that occurs from many scattered locations is a __ pollutant

Current global extinction rate is 30,000 per year if there are 100,000,000 how long till gone

The forms of a single element that differ in their atomic mass are called

The high net primary production which characterizes upwelling regions is a result of:

Western Economists used to believe economic model is closed but they missed the following:

Long distance transport of dissolved pollutants in a watershed may involve all EXCEPT

Human impacts to deserts biomes are minimal since very few plants and animals live here

When the diversity decrease the abundance within species increase from the equator to the poles

The increase in GH gases in the atmosphere during the century is a result of the

Which step may you go on to if your hypothesis is accepted?

The study of Environmental Science is all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following BEST describes pollution?

Elephant is a ____ species

Nitrogen is the ______component of the atmosphere in terms of volume

Which of these geographic regions would be characterized by high albedo?

Approximately__% of earths water is freshwater

Which of the following is not right about Panda?

How did the ecologists know trees absorb nitritions from salmon?

Biocentric Preservation is the view:

The conservation of matter principle is that matter

A wider tree ring size means__, while a narrow ring size means___

Healthy Mountain Stream Ecosystems Rely on Salmon and Bears

EPA calculates the AQI for major air pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act which one is not

Which of the following physical or biological conditions would DECREASE from eutrophication?

Sea and land breezes are caused by

Which of the following users is responsible for the largest consumption of water every year

Biocentric Preservation is the view:

Which of the following physical or biological conditions would increase from eutrophication?

The short wavelength has a higher energy

What actions could be taken in developing countries to improve the drinking water?

Federal and state governments have the authority to regulate pollution from vehicles under:

Which of the following lists of household water uses is in the correct order, high to low

Only confined aquifers can produce artesian wells

All plants can take up inorganic nitrogen from the environment and build protein molecules.

Population sizes change due to

Anthropogenic means

The ice covered areas of the Earth have a very low Albedo

In the Atlantic Ocean, heat from tropical waters is transported to higher latitudes by the:

Humans have profoundly altered the nitrogen cycle via use of ______

This figure represents a

Which one of the following facts about Ozone O3 is not true

The major difference between weather and climate is short term and long term

The United Nations considers___ gallons/person to be the minimum necessary to meet human needs

Abiotic factors are living parts of the earth such as: animals, plants, fungi, and others

A concern about the escape of domesticated forms of fish from aqua-cultural into nature is:

Energy coming from the sun arrives as _ radiation while energy from the surface is _ radiation.

Which community has the high species richness, but low species evenness?

Gravitational energy is harnessed in ___ power

If there were 20 births for every 8 deaths per 1000 people in 2013, what is the growth rate

Competitive exclusion principle: two species can occupy an ecological niche at the same time

What is the replacement-level Fertility for a developed country?

Surfaces that reflect energy have a high albedo

A way that the percentage of fishing mortality through bycatch can be reduced is by:

The earth is approximately __ years old

Environmental science is a practical, mission-oriented discipline. This means it is

1acre produces 1000kg of soybean to produce 100kg of beef soybean have 2.5 how many is 3acres

During the day, sea breezes are caused by

what is the most potent greenhouse gas contributing to our current climate change?

Sustainable Development means

What kind of biome does this chart represent?

Which of the following is NOT dependent on solar energy

Development is associated with decreased fertility in many countries and many regions

The clearing of mangrove forest in the expansion of tropical shrimp are with all EXCEPT

When the Hetch Hetchy was being constructed for San Fran drinking water who was against it?

How does exposure to indoor and outdoor pollution differ?

Which of the following statements about dams is not correct?

Humans have profoundly altered the nitrogen cycle via use of __

Earthquakes primarily occur along__

A secondary pollutant is one that:

One of the most important properties of water for the marine life in the winter is:

Air pollution in an industrial area have revealed that the pH is 4 and 5, this would be:

What is the correct order from largest to smallest primary water compartments

Depletion of the Ozone Layer caused by which of the following chemical molecules

Depletion of the Ozone Layer caused by which of the following chemical molecules

Temperate rainforest receive high levels of rainfall that has high biodiversity with adaptation

A country moves from a subsistence economy to industrialization and increased shift in growth

What is the replacement-level Fertility for a developing country?

The water in the reservoir behind a hydroelectric dam represents___ energy

The temperature at the surface of Venus is very high, because of the following EXCEPT__

What kind of population change will be expected in the future

All of the following aquatic biomes are found in California except for:

What conclusion can be made about irrigation efficiency and technology cost?

Alfred Wegener developed the theory of continental drift based on evidence including_ and _

What cause the US population growth even though population age structure suggests a stable size

Ozone is

Incoming solar energy is redirected through what process?

Anthropogenic

Countries with higher HDI normally have a smaller ecological footprint

Temperate rainforests

In the atmosphere, sulfur dioxide (SO2) reacts with water to form sulfuric acid, classified as

Greenhouse effect is a process of the following except___

Sunlight reaching the surface of Earth is a mixture of:

The three types of plate margins include ___, and ____

Nitrogen is very important because it can make DNA

Which of the following statements concerning aquaculture is correct?

Studies have shown that wind-turbine related bat mortalities can be reduced by

Earthquakes are cased by a sudden___

What makes the mountain pine beetles outbreaks

What are characteristics of Environmental Science?

Darwins Theory of Evolution by Nature Selection is the following BUT ___

Nitrogen is very important because it can make DNA.