IES Midterm Review

Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of Earth

One way that bacteria and fungi are important to the environment is that they

In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly

Nonliving parts to an ecosystem such as rocks, temp and air 

Succession is possible because

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

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

The student wonders how a bee finds a flower the student is displaying what

What is the estimated temperature of Earth's inner core

With respect to matter, Earth is mostly

A logical statement about what will happen

Surface currents circulate in different directions, depending on the ___ which they occur

An organism is resistant to a chemical if it

Most scientists classify organisms into

Deep currents flow along the

The community of a pond is made up of all the

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

An ecological footprint is the

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

What term is used to refer to many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosytem

What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as a flood

The energy in most ecosystems comes from

Which of the following is a developing nation?

The procedure used by scientists to test a hypothesis

Information gathered by using the senses is called

All of the following issues involve environmental science except

Currents at the surface of the ocean are driven by

The ozone layer is located in the

A resident of ______ is likely to leave the largest ecological footprint

Which of the following is not an ecosystem

How did the Himalaya Mountains form

For evolution to occur in a population individuals with a trait that is naturally selected must

What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that is 150 yrs old

Which of the following does not contain carbon from the bodies of plants and animals

Organisms can adapt

A biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if accumulated over time

Which of the following describes soil and temperature in an ecosystem

animals that have a backbone

Which of the following include organisms that can use energy from the sun to make food

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

Which of the following best describes a population

small streams and rivers that flow into a larger one

information gathered in an experiment

Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" essay is associated with what environmental issue

Which of the following is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth

The Richter scale best describes the

organisms that get their food by breaking down dead organisms

the _________ of sea water is measure of the quantity of dissolved salts

Insect eats a plant and bird eats the insect how much energy is stored in insect for the bird

Which organism is successful because it moves quickly reproduces fast and has an external shell

Atmospheric phenomena caused by air in motion is known as 

The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment

Which of the following is an example of secondary succession

Which of the following are photosynthetic organisms

It is important that the number of objects or events being sampled be

Compared to developing nations, developed nations have 

The energy consumed by organisms

animals that lack a backbone

All of these fields of study contribute to environmental science except

Which of the following includes all of the water on or near Earth's surface

________ causes air to be denser near Earth's surface

Many angiosperms depend on 

In the troposphere, which of the following decreases as altitude increases

How are humans affecting the balance of carbon in the atmosphere

The average mass of a wolf pack of wolves is an example of

Which of the following statements is not correct

Where would an ecologist be least likely to go to study primary succession

Which of the following is not an algae that uses energy from the sun to make food

Put the three final steps to the experimental design in the correct order

Which of the following can convert nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use

Humans have promoted the evolution of insects that are resistant to insecticides by

Curiosity and imagination are important in science because

Which of the following are producers of oxygen

During the _____ period(s),humans altered their habitats.

What essential characteristic does a good experiment have

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria live within the nodules on the roots of plants called

The ______ covers 70% of Earth's surface

The classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers are

What are wind and water erosion not likely to affect

the first organisms to colonize any newly available area are known as

Which of the following is Earth's densest atmospheric layer

which of the following is not a biotic factor in an ecosystem

Most of today's environmental problems began during which period(s) in human history

In the experimental method when scientists photograph birds in flight that is?

A sustainable world would be characterized by the

Developed nations make up about _ % of the world’s pop. and consume about __% of its resources.

With respect to energy, Earth is a(n)

The molten rock that is found in the upper mantle is