Environmental Science Chapters 1-3

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1
What are different forms of an element that have a different number of neutrons?
Neutral Elements
Ion
Isotopes
Atomic Mass
2
What is the foundation element for all life?
Au
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
3
What concept accounts for the multiple trophic interactions between each species?
Tertiary Chain
Trophic Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
4
What is defined as the ability to do work or create change?
Energy
Kinetics
Thermodynamics
Labor
5
What is the type of logic used in hypothesis-based science?
The Scientific Theory
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Research
6
DNA and RNA are what?
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
7
A rigid plasma membrane that provides structural support and shape to the cell is called what?
Proteins
The Membrane Wall
The Cell Wall
The Cell Barrier
8
What is the name of an unstable isotope that loses subatomic particles or energy?
Radioactive Isotopes
Irradiated Ions
Ions
Radioactive Elements
9
What pigment begins photosynthesis?
Tangerine
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Chlorine
10
What is it called when an atom doesn't contain equal amounts of protons and electrons?
Isotope
Ion
Chemical Bond
Molecule
11
The measure of randomness and disorder within a system is called what?
Instability
Chaos
Entropy
Radioactivity
12
What allows photosynthesis to occur?
Chemical Energy
Cellulose
Chloroplasts
Stomata
13
Which of these things does NOT define a biome?
Dominant Plant Types
Forests
Temperature
Precipitation
14
When electrons are shared unequally it is called what?
Polar Covalent Bond
Electronic Bond
Non-Polar Covalent Bond
Hydrogen Bond
15
What school of thought enlarges communities to include soil, water, plants, and animals?
Land Ethic
Pioneer Ethic
Frontier Ethic
Sustainable Ethic
16
What nucleic acid is involved in protein synthesis and communicating to cells?
PNA
PNS
DNA
RNA
17
Knowledge of the natural world is called what?
Science
Magic
Biology
Conservationism
18
If it ends in --ose what is it?
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
19
What are positively charged subatomic particles?
Ions
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
20
What cycle provides chemical energy from light-dependent reactions?
The Glucose Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
The Photosynthesis Cycle
The Calvin Cycle
21
What is a method of research with defined steps, experiments, and observations?
Scientific Laws
Scientific Method
Basic Research
Method Man
22
What is it called when photosynthesis converts CO2 into sugars?
Carbon Fixation
Chlorophyll
Carbon Dioxide
The Carbon Cycle
23
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment is known as what?
An Ecosystem
Hemisphere
A Biome
An Environment
24
In the food chain, what are carnivores that eat other primary consumers referred as?
Primary Consumers
Producers
Tertiary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
25
Energy associated with objects in motion is called what?
Chemical Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Heat Energy
26
The ability to maintain a level of consumption appropriate to the availability of resources is
Resource Competition
Zero-Waste
Sustainability
Balance
27
Scientific papers that are reviewed by a scientist's colleagues is called what?
Dissertation
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Research
Hypothesis
28
What is it called when something can be disproven by experimental results?
Basic Science
Control
Inductive Reasoning
Falsifiable
29
Which organisms consume organic detritus?
Primary Consumers
Detritivores
Seconary Consumers
Decomposers
30
Which land-based ecosystems are grouped into categories known as biomes?
Marine Ecosystems
Coniferous Ecosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Aquatic Ecosystems
31
What kind of ecosystem is comprised of lakes, rivers, streams, and springs?
Freshwater Ecosystem
Fish Ecosystem
Cold Water Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystem
32
What absorbs excess H+ and OH-- to keep the pH balanced?
Balancers
Buffers
Dementors
Preventers
33
The sum of protons and neutrons in an element is called what?
The Mass Number
The Elemental Form
Elemental Sum
The Atomic Number
34
Which ecosystem consists of shallow ocean, deep ocean water, and deep ocean bottom?
Water Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem
Ocean Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystem
35
The idea that resources are limited.
Land Ethic
Renewable Resources
Sustainable Ethic
Frontier Ethic
36
What kind of science aims to use science to solve current world issues?
Technology
Evolutionary Science
Basic Science
Applied Science
37
In the food chain, what are carnivores that eat other carnivores referred as?
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Primary Consumers
Producers
38
In what kind of system is energy unable to be exchanged with its surroundings?
Energy Efficient System
Energy System
Closed System
Open System
39
When electrons are shared equally between two atoms it is called a what?
Non-Polar Covalent Bonds
Polar Covalent Bonds
Electronic Bonds
Ionic Bonds
40
The attraction between two polar molecules is called what?
Polar Bonds
Covalent Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Chemical Bonds
41
What are negatively charged subatomic particles?
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
Ions
42
Potential energy within chemical bonds that is released when bonds break are called what?
Kinetic Energy
Chemical Energy
Heat Energy
Potential Energy
43
This bond is formed oppositely charged ions.
Hydrogen Bond
Covalent Bond
Isotopic Bond
Ionic Bond
44
What part of an experiment does not change?
Sustenance
Hypothesis
Variable
Control
45
What occupies space and has mass?
Matter
Atoms
Elements
Mass
46
What is it called when photosynthesis takes carbon from CO2 and converts it into sugar?
Photosynthesis
Carbon Fixation
The Carbon Cycle
Glucose Fixation
47
The ability for an ecosystem to repair itself after environmental disturbances is called what?
Redemption
Resistance
Succession
Resilience
48
What nucleic acid contains genetic material?
DNA
GNA
TNA
RNA
49
Substances that cannot be broken down or transformed are known as what?
Molecules
Matter
Photosynthesis
Elements
50
This is equal to the amount of protons in an element.
Isotope
Mass Number
Neutrons
Atomic Number
51
A generally accepted, tested, and confirmed explanation for a set of observations is known as?
Scientific Law
An Idea
Hypothesis
Scientific Theory
52
What are the building blocks of DNA and RNA?
Nucleotides
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
53
Two or more atoms or ions bonded together is known as a what?
Chemical Bond
Hydrogen Bond
Ionic Bond
Covalent Bond
54
A measure of an atom's need for electrons is called what?
Electroaffinity
Electronic Satisfaction
Covalent Bonds
Electronegativity
55
An organism that can create its own food is known as what?
An Autotroph
Photoheterotroph
Autophototroph
A Heterotroph
56
The study of energy and energy transformation involving physical matter is called what?
Energy Regulation
The First Law of Energy
Thermodynamics
Thermobiology
57
What describes how elements of nature behave under specific conditions?
Variables
Scientific Laws
Scientific Method
Science
58
Molecules containing Carbon and Hydrogen are called what?
Organic Molecules
Water Molecules
Inorganic Molecules
Carbon-Hydrogen Molecules
59
What is used for energy and creating structure?
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
Proteins
60
What is a form of logical thinking that uses related observations to come to a conclusion?
The Scientific Method
Intuition
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
61
Polymers of amino acids that have the most diverse range of functions are what?
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
62
Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus are called what?
Unokaryotic Cells
Prokaryotic Cells
Eukaryotic Cells
Monokaryotic Cells
63
What part of an experiment can change during the experiment?
Variable
Subject
Control
Hypothesis
64
What are neutrally charged subatomic particles?
Protons
Ions
Neutrons
Electrons
65
What uses carbon and sunshine to make food?
Phtoautotroph
Chemotroph
Heterotroph
Orangatroph
66
What kind of science seeks to expand knowledge despite short-term applications?
Pure Science
Applied Science
Basic Science
Technology
67
Applied science is also known as what?
Pure Science
Bacon Science
Technology
Descriptive Science
68
The ability of an ecosystem to maintain equilibrium despite disturbances is called what?
Remission
Resilience
Redemption
Resistance
69
What organisms break down dead and decaying organisms?
Decomposers
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Detritivores
70
What is it called when measures are taken to prevent possible damage to humans and the world?
Frontier Ethic
Land Ethic
Precautionary Principle
Environmental Science
71
The measure of acidity or alkalinity is called what?
Acid Scale
Ph
Alkaline Scale
Base Test
72
The number of what identifies an element?
Atoms
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
73
Energy transferred from one system to another that is not work is called what?
Electricity
Kinetic Energy
Heat Energy
Potential Energy
74
What bond is formed when electrons are shared?
Covalent Bond
Isotopic Bond
Ionic Bond
Hydrogen Bond
75
What are large scale communities of organisms called?
Terrains
Ecosystems
Biomes
Biosphere
76
A sodium what has 11 protons and 10 electrons?
Ion
Isotope
Molecule
Bond
77
In the food chain, what are herbivores which consume producers called?
Primary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Producers
Predators
78
A linear sequence of organisms eating each other for nutrients is called what?
Food Chain
Nutrient System
Survival of the Fittest
The Circle of Life
79
What small, photosynthetic, ocean organism performs 40% of all photosynthesis on earth?
Autoplankton
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Photoplankton
80
What law states that the total amount of energy in the universe cannot be created or destroyed?
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Third Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Constant Law of Energy
81
What school of thought assumes all resources are unlimited?
Land Ethic
Sustainable Ethic
Frontier Ethic
Precautionary Principle
82
Organisms incapable of photosynthesis and have to eat other organisms is called what?
Photoautotroph
Heterotroph
Autotroph
Chemotroph
83
Building a landfill next to a primarily black neighborhood is an example of what?
Environmental Justice
Environmental Racism
Developmental Prejudice
The Tragedy of the Commons
84
What describes the concept of energy flowing through living systems such as cells?
Energy Distribution
Bioenergetics
Telebioenergy
Biodiversity
85
In what kind of system can energy be exchanged with its surroundings?
Energy Systems
Energy Cycle
Open System
Closed System
86
The amount of land required to support you is called your what?
Land Mass
Sustainability
Growth Rate
Ecological Footprint
87
In what kind of reaction does chlorophyll convert sunlight into chemical energy using water?
Chemical Reaction
Carbon Reaction
Light-Dependent Reaction
Photosynthesis Reaction
88
A pH of 8 means it is what?
Acidic
Inorganic
Base
Unstable
89
Which kind of science aims to observe, explore, and discover?
Hypothesis-based Science
Basic Science
Applied Science
Descriptive Science
90
Stored energy with the ability to transform into kinetic energy is called what?
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Heat Energy
Chemical Energy
91
Which of the four choices is hydrophobic?
Lipids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
92
What carries the genetic information for a cell?
Amino Acids
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
93
Different forms of the same element that have a different amount of neutrons is called what?
Elements
Ions
Isotopes
Covalent Bonds
94
What is a suggested explanation that can be tested?
Scientific Laws
Results
Hypothesis
Answers
95
How many covalent bonds can carbon form with other atoms or molecules?
2
4
12
8
96
What photosynthetic organisms are on the bottom of the food chain?
Primary Consumers
Producers
Herbivores
Plankton
97
What acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions?
Nucleic Acids
Enzymes
Lipids
Amino Acids
98
What theory states that all living things are made up of one or more cells?
Atom Theory
Photosynthesis Theory
Cell Theory
Elemental Theory
99
What is formed when atoms lose electrons and become a positive ion?
An Anion
A Cation
An Element
An Isotope
100
The fair treatment of all people and enforcement of environmental laws is known as what?
Sustainability
Environmental Justice
Fair Trade
Tragedy of the Commons
101
A form of dating former lifeforms by measuring carbon is called what?
Fossil Fuels
Carbon Dating
Archaeology
Carbon Fixation
102
What is the most versatile solvent?
Nitrogen
Algae
Water
Liquor
103
Basic science is also known as what?
Descriptive Science
Applied Science
Technology
Pure Science
104
What are all the chemical reactions taking place inside of a cell called?
Energy
Chemical Rate
Cell Duplication
Metabolism
105
What kind of bonds do not dissociate in water?
Ionic Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Water Bonds
Covalent Bonds
106
Carbon 12 and Carbon 14 are both what of carbon?
Molecules
Ions
Isotopes
Elements
107
What type of science begins with a question and a potential answer that can be tested?
Basic Science
Hypothesis-Based Science
Applied Science
Descriptive Science
108
The major molecule in a plant cell wall is what?
Cellulose
Membranes
Amino Acids
Lipids
109
A positively charged ion has more what than electrons?
Neutrons
Hydrogen Bonds
Protons
Covalent Bonds
110
A pH of 5 means it is what?
Hydrogen
Alkaline
Acidic
Base
111
A farmer owning more sheep than needed and grazing them on shared land is an example of what?
Land Ethic
Common Wealth
Capitalism
The Tragedy of the Commons
112
What characteristic of water creates surface tension?
Ionic Bonds
Cohesion
Density
Elasticity
113
When an atom doesn't contain equal amounts of protons and electrons it is called a what?
Isotope
Ion
Element
Radioactive Sloth
114
Chemicals made of two or more bonded atoms are called what?
Isotopes
Matter
Elements
Molecules
115
When an atom gains electrons and becomes a negative ion it is called what?
A Covalent Bond
An Anion
A Cation
A Hydrogen Bond
116
What is it called when Hydrogen Molecules bond to other molecules?
Hydrogen Bond
Hydrogen Ions
Covalent Bond
Hydrogen Fix
117
What law states that energy transformations are never completely efficient?
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Third Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Law of Energy Transformation
118
What process requires sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to release oxygen and produce carbs?
Photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Fixation
Light-Dependent Reactions
119
Pollution from heavy metals is called what?
Greenhouse Gases
Hazardous Waste
Carbon Dioxide
Biohazards
120
Fields of science related to the physical world are known as what?
Environmental Science
Basic Science
Natural Sciences
Botany
121
The smallest component of an element is a what?
Ion
Isotope
Molecule
Atom

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1
What are different forms of an element that have a different number of neutrons?
Neutral Elements
Ion
Isotopes
Atomic Mass
2
What is the foundation element for all life?
Au
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
3
What concept accounts for the multiple trophic interactions between each species?
Tertiary Chain
Trophic Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
4
What is defined as the ability to do work or create change?
Energy
Kinetics
Thermodynamics
Labor
5
What is the type of logic used in hypothesis-based science?
The Scientific Theory
Inductive Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Research
6
DNA and RNA are what?
Proteins
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Carbohydrates
7
A rigid plasma membrane that provides structural support and shape to the cell is called what?
Proteins
The Membrane Wall
The Cell Wall
The Cell Barrier
8
What is the name of an unstable isotope that loses subatomic particles or energy?
Radioactive Isotopes
Irradiated Ions
Ions
Radioactive Elements
9
What pigment begins photosynthesis?
Tangerine
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Chlorine
10
What is it called when an atom doesn't contain equal amounts of protons and electrons?
Isotope
Ion
Chemical Bond
Molecule
11
The measure of randomness and disorder within a system is called what?
Instability
Chaos
Entropy
Radioactivity
12
What allows photosynthesis to occur?
Chemical Energy
Cellulose
Chloroplasts
Stomata
13
Which of these things does NOT define a biome?
Dominant Plant Types
Forests
Temperature
Precipitation
14
When electrons are shared unequally it is called what?
Polar Covalent Bond
Electronic Bond
Non-Polar Covalent Bond
Hydrogen Bond
15
What school of thought enlarges communities to include soil, water, plants, and animals?
Land Ethic
Pioneer Ethic
Frontier Ethic
Sustainable Ethic
16
What nucleic acid is involved in protein synthesis and communicating to cells?
PNA
PNS
DNA
RNA
17
Knowledge of the natural world is called what?
Science
Magic
Biology
Conservationism
18
If it ends in --ose what is it?
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
19
What are positively charged subatomic particles?
Ions
Protons
Neutrons
Electrons
20
What cycle provides chemical energy from light-dependent reactions?
The Glucose Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
The Photosynthesis Cycle
The Calvin Cycle
21
What is a method of research with defined steps, experiments, and observations?
Scientific Laws
Scientific Method
Basic Research
Method Man
22
What is it called when photosynthesis converts CO2 into sugars?
Carbon Fixation
Chlorophyll
Carbon Dioxide
The Carbon Cycle
23
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment is known as what?
An Ecosystem
Hemisphere
A Biome
An Environment
24
In the food chain, what are carnivores that eat other primary consumers referred as?
Primary Consumers
Producers
Tertiary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
25
Energy associated with objects in motion is called what?
Chemical Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Heat Energy
26
The ability to maintain a level of consumption appropriate to the availability of resources is
Resource Competition
Zero-Waste
Sustainability
Balance
27
Scientific papers that are reviewed by a scientist's colleagues is called what?
Dissertation
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Research
Hypothesis
28
What is it called when something can be disproven by experimental results?
Basic Science
Control
Inductive Reasoning
Falsifiable
29
Which organisms consume organic detritus?
Primary Consumers
Detritivores
Seconary Consumers
Decomposers
30
Which land-based ecosystems are grouped into categories known as biomes?
Marine Ecosystems
Coniferous Ecosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Aquatic Ecosystems
31
What kind of ecosystem is comprised of lakes, rivers, streams, and springs?
Freshwater Ecosystem
Fish Ecosystem
Cold Water Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystem
32
What absorbs excess H+ and OH-- to keep the pH balanced?
Balancers
Buffers
Dementors
Preventers
33
The sum of protons and neutrons in an element is called what?
The Mass Number
The Elemental Form
Elemental Sum
The Atomic Number
34
Which ecosystem consists of shallow ocean, deep ocean water, and deep ocean bottom?
Water Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem
Ocean Ecosystem
Marine Ecosystem
35
The idea that resources are limited.
Land Ethic
Renewable Resources
Sustainable Ethic
Frontier Ethic
36
What kind of science aims to use science to solve current world issues?
Technology
Evolutionary Science
Basic Science
Applied Science
37
In the food chain, what are carnivores that eat other carnivores referred as?
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Primary Consumers
Producers
38
In what kind of system is energy unable to be exchanged with its surroundings?
Energy Efficient System
Energy System
Closed System
Open System
39
When electrons are shared equally between two atoms it is called a what?
Non-Polar Covalent Bonds
Polar Covalent Bonds
Electronic Bonds
Ionic Bonds
40
The attraction between two polar molecules is called what?
Polar Bonds
Covalent Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Chemical Bonds
41
What are negatively charged subatomic particles?
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
Ions
42
Potential energy within chemical bonds that is released when bonds break are called what?
Kinetic Energy
Chemical Energy
Heat Energy
Potential Energy
43
This bond is formed oppositely charged ions.
Hydrogen Bond
Covalent Bond
Isotopic Bond
Ionic Bond
44
What part of an experiment does not change?
Sustenance
Hypothesis
Variable
Control
45
What occupies space and has mass?
Matter
Atoms
Elements
Mass
46
What is it called when photosynthesis takes carbon from CO2 and converts it into sugar?
Photosynthesis
Carbon Fixation
The Carbon Cycle
Glucose Fixation
47
The ability for an ecosystem to repair itself after environmental disturbances is called what?
Redemption
Resistance
Succession
Resilience
48
What nucleic acid contains genetic material?
DNA
GNA
TNA
RNA
49
Substances that cannot be broken down or transformed are known as what?
Molecules
Matter
Photosynthesis
Elements
50
This is equal to the amount of protons in an element.
Isotope
Mass Number
Neutrons
Atomic Number
51
A generally accepted, tested, and confirmed explanation for a set of observations is known as?
Scientific Law
An Idea
Hypothesis
Scientific Theory
52
What are the building blocks of DNA and RNA?
Nucleotides
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
53
Two or more atoms or ions bonded together is known as a what?
Chemical Bond
Hydrogen Bond
Ionic Bond
Covalent Bond
54
A measure of an atom's need for electrons is called what?
Electroaffinity
Electronic Satisfaction
Covalent Bonds
Electronegativity
55
An organism that can create its own food is known as what?
An Autotroph
Photoheterotroph
Autophototroph
A Heterotroph
56
The study of energy and energy transformation involving physical matter is called what?
Energy Regulation
The First Law of Energy
Thermodynamics
Thermobiology
57
What describes how elements of nature behave under specific conditions?
Variables
Scientific Laws
Scientific Method
Science
58
Molecules containing Carbon and Hydrogen are called what?
Organic Molecules
Water Molecules
Inorganic Molecules
Carbon-Hydrogen Molecules
59
What is used for energy and creating structure?
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
Proteins
60
What is a form of logical thinking that uses related observations to come to a conclusion?
The Scientific Method
Intuition
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
61
Polymers of amino acids that have the most diverse range of functions are what?
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
62
Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus are called what?
Unokaryotic Cells
Prokaryotic Cells
Eukaryotic Cells
Monokaryotic Cells
63
What part of an experiment can change during the experiment?
Variable
Subject
Control
Hypothesis
64
What are neutrally charged subatomic particles?
Protons
Ions
Neutrons
Electrons
65
What uses carbon and sunshine to make food?
Phtoautotroph
Chemotroph
Heterotroph
Orangatroph
66
What kind of science seeks to expand knowledge despite short-term applications?
Pure Science
Applied Science
Basic Science
Technology
67
Applied science is also known as what?
Pure Science
Bacon Science
Technology
Descriptive Science
68
The ability of an ecosystem to maintain equilibrium despite disturbances is called what?
Remission
Resilience
Redemption
Resistance
69
What organisms break down dead and decaying organisms?
Decomposers
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Detritivores
70
What is it called when measures are taken to prevent possible damage to humans and the world?
Frontier Ethic
Land Ethic
Precautionary Principle
Environmental Science
71
The measure of acidity or alkalinity is called what?
Acid Scale
Ph
Alkaline Scale
Base Test
72
The number of what identifies an element?
Atoms
Neutrons
Protons
Electrons
73
Energy transferred from one system to another that is not work is called what?
Electricity
Kinetic Energy
Heat Energy
Potential Energy
74
What bond is formed when electrons are shared?
Covalent Bond
Isotopic Bond
Ionic Bond
Hydrogen Bond
75
What are large scale communities of organisms called?
Terrains
Ecosystems
Biomes
Biosphere
76
A sodium what has 11 protons and 10 electrons?
Ion
Isotope
Molecule
Bond
77
In the food chain, what are herbivores which consume producers called?
Primary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Producers
Predators
78
A linear sequence of organisms eating each other for nutrients is called what?
Food Chain
Nutrient System
Survival of the Fittest
The Circle of Life
79
What small, photosynthetic, ocean organism performs 40% of all photosynthesis on earth?
Autoplankton
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Photoplankton
80
What law states that the total amount of energy in the universe cannot be created or destroyed?
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Third Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Constant Law of Energy
81
What school of thought assumes all resources are unlimited?
Land Ethic
Sustainable Ethic
Frontier Ethic
Precautionary Principle
82
Organisms incapable of photosynthesis and have to eat other organisms is called what?
Photoautotroph
Heterotroph
Autotroph
Chemotroph
83
Building a landfill next to a primarily black neighborhood is an example of what?
Environmental Justice
Environmental Racism
Developmental Prejudice
The Tragedy of the Commons
84
What describes the concept of energy flowing through living systems such as cells?
Energy Distribution
Bioenergetics
Telebioenergy
Biodiversity
85
In what kind of system can energy be exchanged with its surroundings?
Energy Systems
Energy Cycle
Open System
Closed System
86
The amount of land required to support you is called your what?
Land Mass
Sustainability
Growth Rate
Ecological Footprint
87
In what kind of reaction does chlorophyll convert sunlight into chemical energy using water?
Chemical Reaction
Carbon Reaction
Light-Dependent Reaction
Photosynthesis Reaction
88
A pH of 8 means it is what?
Acidic
Inorganic
Base
Unstable
89
Which kind of science aims to observe, explore, and discover?
Hypothesis-based Science
Basic Science
Applied Science
Descriptive Science
90
Stored energy with the ability to transform into kinetic energy is called what?
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Heat Energy
Chemical Energy
91
Which of the four choices is hydrophobic?
Lipids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
92
What carries the genetic information for a cell?
Amino Acids
Lipids
Nucleic Acids
Proteins
93
Different forms of the same element that have a different amount of neutrons is called what?
Elements
Ions
Isotopes
Covalent Bonds
94
What is a suggested explanation that can be tested?
Scientific Laws
Results
Hypothesis
Answers
95
How many covalent bonds can carbon form with other atoms or molecules?
2
4
12
8
96
What photosynthetic organisms are on the bottom of the food chain?
Primary Consumers
Producers
Herbivores
Plankton
97
What acts as a catalyst in biochemical reactions?
Nucleic Acids
Enzymes
Lipids
Amino Acids
98
What theory states that all living things are made up of one or more cells?
Atom Theory
Photosynthesis Theory
Cell Theory
Elemental Theory
99
What is formed when atoms lose electrons and become a positive ion?
An Anion
A Cation
An Element
An Isotope
100
The fair treatment of all people and enforcement of environmental laws is known as what?
Sustainability
Environmental Justice
Fair Trade
Tragedy of the Commons
101
A form of dating former lifeforms by measuring carbon is called what?
Fossil Fuels
Carbon Dating
Archaeology
Carbon Fixation
102
What is the most versatile solvent?
Nitrogen
Algae
Water
Liquor
103
Basic science is also known as what?
Descriptive Science
Applied Science
Technology
Pure Science
104
What are all the chemical reactions taking place inside of a cell called?
Energy
Chemical Rate
Cell Duplication
Metabolism
105
What kind of bonds do not dissociate in water?
Ionic Bonds
Hydrogen Bonds
Water Bonds
Covalent Bonds
106
Carbon 12 and Carbon 14 are both what of carbon?
Molecules
Ions
Isotopes
Elements
107
What type of science begins with a question and a potential answer that can be tested?
Basic Science
Hypothesis-Based Science
Applied Science
Descriptive Science
108
The major molecule in a plant cell wall is what?
Cellulose
Membranes
Amino Acids
Lipids
109
A positively charged ion has more what than electrons?
Neutrons
Hydrogen Bonds
Protons
Covalent Bonds
110
A pH of 5 means it is what?
Hydrogen
Alkaline
Acidic
Base
111
A farmer owning more sheep than needed and grazing them on shared land is an example of what?
Land Ethic
Common Wealth
Capitalism
The Tragedy of the Commons
112
What characteristic of water creates surface tension?
Ionic Bonds
Cohesion
Density
Elasticity
113
When an atom doesn't contain equal amounts of protons and electrons it is called a what?
Isotope
Ion
Element
Radioactive Sloth
114
Chemicals made of two or more bonded atoms are called what?
Isotopes
Matter
Elements
Molecules
115
When an atom gains electrons and becomes a negative ion it is called what?
A Covalent Bond
An Anion
A Cation
A Hydrogen Bond
116
What is it called when Hydrogen Molecules bond to other molecules?
Hydrogen Bond
Hydrogen Ions
Covalent Bond
Hydrogen Fix
117
What law states that energy transformations are never completely efficient?
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Third Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
The Law of Energy Transformation
118
What process requires sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to release oxygen and produce carbs?
Photosynthesis
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Fixation
Light-Dependent Reactions
119
Pollution from heavy metals is called what?
Greenhouse Gases
Hazardous Waste
Carbon Dioxide
Biohazards
120
Fields of science related to the physical world are known as what?
Environmental Science
Basic Science
Natural Sciences
Botany
121
The smallest component of an element is a what?
Ion
Isotope
Molecule
Atom