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Environmental Geography Exam 1

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Question 1

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The part of the earth's air, soil, and water where life is found is called the
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  • organism
  • biosphere
  • population
  • ecosystem

Question 2

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Groups of different species living together in a particular place with a potential for interacting with one another is called
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  • organism
  • population
  • community
  • ecosystem

Question 3

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Which of the following is not a type of consumer?
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  • decomposer
  • producer
  • omnivore
  • carnivore
  • detrivore

Question 4

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Organisms that feed only on plants are called
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  • detrivores
  • omnivores
  • carnivores
  • herbivores
  • decomposers

Question 5

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The very necessary process of breaking down the dead bodies of organisms is a function of
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  • detrivores
  • omnivores
  • carnivores
  • herbivores
  • producers

Question 6

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Complex networks of interconnected food chains are
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  • food webs
  • food chains
  • trophic levels
  • pyramids of energy

Question 7

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The typical percentage of high quality energy loss in transfers from one trophic level to the next is about
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  • 90%
  • 1%
  • 60%
  • 5%

Question 8

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If grass stores 1,000 energy units received from the sun, the ecological efficiency of the ecosystem is 10%, and the trophic levels are grass → cow → human, how many units of energy does the human receive of the original 1,000 units?
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  • 900
  • 200
  • 100
  • 10
  • 1

Question 9

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Some individuals in a population have genetic traits that are favored by environmental conditions because the trait enhance their ability to survive and produce offspring, a process called
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  • natural selection
  • adaptibility
  • genetic drift
  • mutation

Question 10

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Mutations are not caused by which of the following?
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  • ultraviolet light
  • a physical accident to a parent
  • radioactivity
  • X rays

Question 11

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For natural selection to occur, an adaptive trait
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  • must be to a physical trait
  • must be to a psychological trait
  • must be a physiological trait
  • must be to a heritable trait

Question 12

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Biological evolution by natural selection is when genes ____, individuals ____, and populations ____.
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  • evolve; mutate; are selected
  • evolve; are selected; mutate
  • mutate; are selected; evolve
  • are selected; mutate; evolve

Question 13

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From a scientific point of view, which of the following is true?
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  • evolution leads to survival of the strongest
  • evolution leads to survival of the most valuable
  • organisms develop traits because they need them
  • evolution follows a plan of nature

Question 14

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Biodiversity is believed to be the result of the interaction between
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  • geographic isolation and reproductive isolation
  • speciation and extinction
  • speciation and genetic engineering
  • reproductive isolation and extinction

Question 15

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The role a species plays in its ecosystem is the
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  • function
  • habitat
  • ecological niche
  • ecological job

Question 16

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A species with a broad niche is considered a(n)
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  • endemic species
  • specialist species
  • native species
  • generalist species

Question 17

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Which of the following would not be considered a generalist species?
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  • humans
  • cockroaches
  • pandas
  • raccoons

Question 18

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Which of the following is another name for a nonnative species?
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  • native
  • invasive
  • keystone
  • indicator

Question 19

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A species in an ecosystem that plays a central role in the health of that ecosystem, and whose removal may cause the collapse of the ecosystem, is called a(n)
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  • foundation species
  • indicator species
  • keystone species
  • specialist species

Question 20

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A species in an ecosystem that shapes communities by creating and enhancing habitats in ways that benefit other species is called
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  • foundation species
  • indicator species
  • keystone species
  • native species

Question 21

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If multiple species find themselves competing for the same resource, the competition can be reduced by which of the following?
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  • camouflage
  • resource partitioning
  • resource expansion
  • cooperation

Question 22

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Which of the following is said to occur when an interaction benefits one species but has little, if any, effect on the other?
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  • interspecific competition
  • predation
  • commensalism
  • mutualism

Question 23

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Which of the following is said to occur when members of two or more species interact to gain access to the same limited resources?
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  • interspecific competition
  • predation
  • parasitism
  • mutualism

Question 24

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Which of the following is not a method predators use to capture prey?
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  • pursuit
  • protective shells
  • chemical warfare
  • ambush

Question 25

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Which of the following is not a method prey species use to avoid capture?
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  • highly developed sense of sight or smell
  • ambush
  • chemical warfare
  • camouflage

Question 26

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A group of interbreeding individuals of the same species in the same geographic region is called a(n)
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  • community
  • population
  • ecosystem
  • biome

Question 27

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Fundamental types of matter that have unique sets of properties and can not be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means are called
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  • mixtures
  • elements
  • atoms
  • isotopes

Question 28

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Protons, neutrons, and electrons are all
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  • forms of energy
  • equal in mass
  • subatomic particles
  • charged particles

Question 29

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The measurement of the concentration of hydrogen ions compared to the concentration of hydroxide ions in a solution is called
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  • ionization
  • pH
  • alkalinity
  • covalent bonding

Question 30

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The first law of thermodynamics tells us that
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  • doing work always creates heat
  • altering matter is the best source of energy
  • energy is neither created nor destroyed
  • energy cannot be converted

Question 31

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The matter and energy laws tell us that we can recycle
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  • both matter and energy
  • matter but not energy
  • energy but not matter
  • none of these

Question 32

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The hydrologic cycle is driven primarily by
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  • solar energy
  • lunar tides
  • solar tides
  • chemical energy

Question 33

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Which of the following is a primary link between photosynthesis and aerobic respiration?
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  • phosphorus
  • sulfur
  • carbon
  • hydrogen

Question 34

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Nitrogen is a major component of all of the following except
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  • proteins
  • nucleic acids
  • groundwater
  • ammonia

Question 35

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Which of the following is not a part of the phosphorus cycle?
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  • soil
  • atmosphere
  • organisms
  • rocks

Question 36

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Sulfur is added to the atmosphere in all the following ways except
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  • from volcanoes
  • anaerobic decomposition
  • eating meat
  • sea spray
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