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Pregunta 1
Pregunta
As atmospheric concentrations of CO2 increase, ______ CO2 dissolves into the oceans making the oceans more ________.
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Less; basic
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more; basic
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less; acidic
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more; acidic
Pregunta 2
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Burning coal, oil, and natural gas as an energy source moves carbon from the _____ carbon cycle to the _____ carbon cycle.
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fast, fast
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fast, slow
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slow, fast
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slow, slow
Pregunta 3
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Which type of power plant produces the most CO2 emissions
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Coal
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They produce the same amount
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Natural Gas
Pregunta 4
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Humans burn coal, petroleum, and natural gas to release energy and do lots of work. What is the original source of energy that is stored in coal, petroleum, and natural gas?
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The energy released by burning coal, petroleum, and natural gas was originally captured by ocean waves.
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The energy released by burning coal, petroleum, and natural gas was originally captured when the moon split from the Earth.
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The energy released by burning coal, petroleum, and natural gas was originally captured from the core of the planet.
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The energy released by burning coal, petroleum, and natural gas was originally captured by ancient photosynthetic organisms.
Pregunta 5
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Ocean dwelling invertebrates and salt-water fish are two groups of animals that are experiencing very high extinction rates over the past 150 years. Which of the following statements could help explain why species of both ocean dwelling invertebrates and salt-water fish are going extinct.
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Due to increased greenhouse gasses, there is more sunlight hitting the ocean and ocean temperatures are rising.
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More rain due to increased amounts of water vapor in the atmosphere.
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Underwater volcanos are erupting more than at any other time in Earth’s history.
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Changing ocean pH due to increased atmospheric CO2 levels.
Pregunta 6
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Up to 40% of fresh water fish species are threatened or already extinct. Which of the following factors is contributing to the increased rate of fresh water fish species extinction?
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Increasing human demand on fresh-water sources
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The damming of rivers
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Spread of Invasion species
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All of the above
Pregunta 7
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Which of the following carbon reservoirs has the MOST carbon in it?
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Carbon in the deep earth in sediment and rocks
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carbon in the oceans
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carbon in the atmosphere
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carbon in the topsoil
Pregunta 8
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Carbon that is captured in an organic molecule
made during photosynthesis and enters the food
web is considered to be part of which carbon
cycle?
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slow carbon cycle
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fast carbon cycle
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edible carbon cycle
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sinister carbon cycle
Pregunta 9
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Which of the following carbon reservoirs has the least carbon in it
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carbon in the deep earth in sediment and rocks
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carbon in the oceans
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carbon in the atmosphere
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carbon in the top soil
Pregunta 10
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The slow carbon cycle describes carbon moving through these different forms and reservoirs. It typically takes a carbon molecule how long to move through these different reservoirs?
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A few hundred years
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hundreds of years
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thousands of years
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several hundred thousand years
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many millions of years
Pregunta 11
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All of the following affect atmospheric carbon concentrations except
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how much fossil fuel is being burnt
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dissolved carbon dioxide in the oceans
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overall photosynthesis rates
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how much carbon is entering the earth from the moon
Pregunta 12
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Which of the following events do we think was a triggering event for a mass extinction?
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a large meteorite striking the planet
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rapid changes ocean pH
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volcanic activity
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rapid changes in average global temperatures
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all of the above
Pregunta 13
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How can we determine extinction rates that occurred many millions of years ago?
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By asking the species that lived through it
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By examining the fossil record
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By determine atmospheric conditions
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There is a record of extinctions kept in the rings of trees
Pregunta 14
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True or False: approximately 50% of the species that have ever lived on the earth are currently alive
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True
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False
Pregunta 15
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Over the course of life’s history on planet Earth, how many mass extinctions have taken place?
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
Pregunta 16
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How does the rate of new species forming change in the few millions of years following a mass extinction
event?
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Due to a lack of competition, there tends to be an increase in the rate of new species evolving after a mass extinction event.
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The rate of new species evolution does not change before or after a mass extinction event
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Due to a lack food, there tends to be a decrease in the rate of new species evolving after a mass extinction event
Pregunta 17
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The age of the dinosaurs ended with the K-PG extinction event. This extinction event was triggered
approximately how many millions of years ago?
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65 million
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200 million
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250 million
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360 million
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430 million
Pregunta 18
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As mass extinction is when _________ or more of the living species die off within a short period of time (typically two million years or less)
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25%
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50%
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75%
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90%
Pregunta 19
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With declining population number in plant and animal species, as well as increased rates of species
extinctions, food webs and trophic levels become ________ stressed and move ______ collapsing.
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more, farther from
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more, closer to
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less, farther from
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less, closer to
Pregunta 20
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Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have _________ over the past 500 million years.
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held steady
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only increased
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only decreased
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gone through periods of increasing and decreasing
Pregunta 21
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Clearcutting a forest to make pastures for
grazing cattle
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can cause a decrease in atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
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does not affect atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
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Can cause an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
Pregunta 22
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True or False: The choices consumers in America make have no effect on land usage in other countries.
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True
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False
Pregunta 23
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Since 1976 humans have been cutting down forests (deforestation) faster than we have been planting new forests (reforestation). If we reversed this trend and created an economy where it was more profitable to plant new forests than chop down forests, we would expect atmospheric CO2 concentrations to
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decrease
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stay the same
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increase
Pregunta 24
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Invasive vine species can take over a forest, replacing hardwood tree species. Vines store _______ carbon in their bodies than hardwood trees
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more
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same
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less
Pregunta 25
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The Great Acceleration started
in the 1950s and continues to
this day. The Great Acceleration is marked by increased:
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damming of rivers
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human population
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fertilizer use
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paper production
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all of the above are correct
Pregunta 26
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which kills the most birds in a year
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wind turbines
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cell and radio towers
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domesticated cats
Pregunta 27
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Geologists and ecologists now agree that we are in a new geologic era that started in the 1950s. This era is called the
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Uhohocene
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holocene
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anthropocene
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humanocene
Pregunta 28
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which protein source produces the most CO2 emissions per serving
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Cheese
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Beef
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Pork
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Beans
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Poultry
Pregunta 29
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The election in 2020 will be the first time since the 1980s that the baby boomers are not the largest voting demographic. Which generation is set to overtake the baby boomers?
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Millennials
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Generation Z
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The silent generation
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Generation X
Pregunta 30
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True or False: Atmospheric carbon dioxide can diffuse into the oceans, changing the pH of the oceans.
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True
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False
Pregunta 31
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Which sector of the American economy produces the most CO2 emissions?
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Residential and commercial production
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waste disposal treatment
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power station
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farming
Pregunta 32
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Between 20-35% of the land plant species on the planet are threatened with extinction. A contributing factor to this situation is
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ocean acidification
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Farming
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Increasing atmospheric CO2
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Increasing average global temperatures
Pregunta 33
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Plants species are going extinct at a high rate. As more and more plant species go extinct and the total photosynthesis rates on the planet decreases, we expect atmospheric CO2 concentrations to
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decrease
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increase
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stay the same
Pregunta 34
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Is earth in the currently in the midst of a mass extinction event
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no
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yes
Pregunta 35
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While the slope of the keeling curve is
increasing, there are seasonal differences in
global atmospheric CO2 concentrations
during the year. Which of the following
statements best explains why there are
differences in total planetary levels of
photosynthesis during the year?
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The temperatures during the summer months get warmer in the southern hemisphere than the northern hemisphere, so there is more photosynthesis in the southern hemisphere summer.
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There is more land and plants in the northern hemisphere, so there is more photosynthesis during the northern hemisphere summer.
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The seasonal differences in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations have nothing to do with photosynthesis.
Pregunta 36
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Since 1958 atmospheric CO2 concentrations have been increasing. Recently, the average annual global temperatures have been ___________.
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decreasing
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holding steady
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increasing
Pregunta 37
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The 30% increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the past 60 years is primarily due to
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more carbon entering the atmosphere from the sun
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the removal of the trees so less CO2 is being used in photosynthesis
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the burning do fossil fuels that release geologically stored carbon as CO2 gas
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slowing down of the carbon cycle
Pregunta 38
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True or False: Most models of human activity suggest that atmospheric concentration of CO2 will decrease over the next 20 years.
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True
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False
Pregunta 39
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True or false: there is a direct correlation between increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations and increasing average global tempures
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True
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False
Pregunta 40
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Over the past 800,000 years, global average annual temperatures have
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held steady
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only increased
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only decreased
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gone through period of increasing and decrasing
Pregunta 41
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Select the gases that are not considered greenhouse gases:
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CH4
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CO2
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H2O vapor
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N2O
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they are all considered greenhouse gasses
Pregunta 42
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How would you expect things to different if the earth atmosphere did not contain any greenhouse gasses?
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The planet would be warmer than current conditions
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The planet world be cooler than current conditions
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The planet would be the same as current conditions
Pregunta 43
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Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere affect average annual global temperatures by:
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affecting how more solar evergy absorbing by the surface of the earht
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blocking out the sun from plants and determining how much photosynthesis happens
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causing more or less total sunlight reaching the earths surface
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determining how much energy that is emitted by the earth is reflected back to the planet
Pregunta 44
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Increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere causes an _________ in average annual global temperatures.
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increase
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decrease
Pregunta 45
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Over 50% of known mammal species are declining in population and over 20% of mammal species are already classified as endangered, threatened, or vulnerable. The single factor that has contributed the most to the decline in mammalian numbers is
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the spread of invasive species
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increasing CO2 concentrations
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loss of habitat
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meteorites
Pregunta 46
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When a plant dies and the plant body decomposes to become part of the soil carbon is moved from the fast carbon cycle to the slow carbon cycle. Which plants are best at removing carbon from the fast carbon cycle?
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Grasses that grow fast and die young.
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Flowering plants that support a diverse ecosystem.
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Vines that do not require lots of supporting tissues.
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Hardwood trees that build massive bodies.
Pregunta 47
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True or False: The deep ocean carbon reservoir contains lots of organic carbon from dead sea creatures.
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true
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false
Pregunta 48
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How does the process of photosynthesis, which is also the primary production of all ecosystems, affect atmospheric CO2 concentrations?
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Photosynthesis decreases atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
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Photosynthesis does not affect atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
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Photosynthesis increases atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
Pregunta 49
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Null question
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kemp messed up
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Kemp messed up
Pregunta 50
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Freebie- just pick an answer-Select one item from choices that you plan on doing to help reduce your carbon footprint.
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Turn off lights and computers when not in use to reduce electric consumption.
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Eat more locally grown food.
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Advocate on the Marquette campus for more sustainable practices.
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When you buy a car, you plan on buying an electric car.
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