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Environmental Science - Chapter Two

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I'm using "Essential Environment: The Science Behind the Stories" 4th edition by Withgott & Laposata
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Question 1

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An environment consists of complex networks of interlinked systems.
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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What is a system?
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  • A bunch of different parts working together to accomplish different goals.
  • A bunch of different parts working together to accomplish the same goal.
  • One part working to accomplish many different goals.

Question 3

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Without a part, the system will still work properly.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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System inputs _?
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  • Pull something out of the system.
  • Put something into the system
  • Take something away from the system
  • Don't do anything to interact with the system

Question 5

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System outputs _?
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  • Are the result of the system inputs
  • Create the same input again for the same system
  • Are useless

Question 6

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A system output can serve as a input.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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What are the types of feedback loops?
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  • Positive
  • Electron
  • Neutral
  • Negative

Question 8

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In a negative feedback loop, the output acts as an input that moves the system, in a new direction.
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  • True
  • False

Question 9

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Most systems do not use a negative feedback loop.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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A negative feedback loop pushes towards _.
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  • equilibrium
  • preservation
  • combustion
  • unsustainability

Question 11

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A positive feedback loop has the opposite effect of the negative feedback loop.
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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A positive feedback loop pushes towards _.
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  • combustion
  • stable situations
  • unstable situations

Question 13

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Positive feedback loops are rare in nature.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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What is the lithosphere?
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  • Earth's decay
  • Earth's crust
  • Everything but earth's crust

Question 15

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What is the atmosphere?
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  • Water
  • Outer space
  • Air surrounding our planet

Question 16

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What is the hydrosphere?
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  • All land
  • All water
  • Everything but water

Question 17

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What is the biosphere?
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  • Total of all the planet's biotic and abiotic components.
  • Total of all the planet's biotic components
  • Total of all the planet's abiotic components
  • Total of all the planet's water

Question 18

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Eutrophication is the process of nutrient over-enrichment.
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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Chemistry does not play a central role in many environmental challenges.
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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All material that has mass and occupies space is matter.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Laws of Conservation of Matter
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  • can be transformed
  • cannot be transformed
  • cannot be destroyed or created
  • stays constant as its recycled

Question 22

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An element is _.
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  • a fundamental type of matter
  • a fundamental type of science

Question 23

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An element cannot be broken down into any other substances with other properties.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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Each element is composed of
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  • atoms
  • three neutrons
  • element

Question 25

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An atom is the smallest component that maintains the chemical properties of the element.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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Each atom has a nucleus with
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  • protons
  • neutrons
  • electrons
  • proteins
  • chemicals

Question 27

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An element will always have the same number of
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  • protons
  • neutrons
  • electrons
  • nuclei

Question 28

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An element can have different numbers of neutrons or electrons.
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Isotopes _.
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  • can have different numbers of neutrons
  • can have different numbers of electrons
  • can change its behavior
  • can be radioactive
  • cannot be radioactive

Question 30

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Ions are positively charged.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Ions are atoms that can gain or lose
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  • protons
  • nuclei
  • neutrons
  • electrons

Question 32

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A pH scale
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  • measures oxygen
  • measures hydrogen
  • measures carbon
  • measures nitrogen

Question 33

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Hydrogen ions and whether they are acidic or basic is
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  • counted on a balance
  • measured on a pH scale
  • measured on a pH ruler
  • oberserved

Question 34

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Molecules are _.
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  • the combination of two or more atoms
  • the combination of two atoms
  • the combination of four of the same atoms

Question 35

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Molecules composed of two or more different elemets are called compounds.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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Organic compounds are
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  • Carbon atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms
  • Hydrogen atoms bonded to hydrogen atoms
  • Carbon atoms bonded to carbon atoms
  • Nitrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms

Question 37

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Polymers are long chains of repeated molecules.
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  • True
  • False

Question 38

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Hydrocarbons are
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  • compounds of hydrogen and carbon
  • compounds of hydrogen and nitrogen
  • compounds of carbon and nitrogen

Question 39

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Macromolecules are
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  • Large molecules
  • Small molecules
  • Medium molcules
  • Microscopic molecules

Question 40

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What are three essential macromolecules?
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  • Carbohydrates
  • Nucleic acids
  • Lipids
  • Proteins

Question 41

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Proteins are made up of chains of amino acids.
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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Amino acids do not determine the identity of proteins.
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  • True
  • False

Question 43

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Amino acids
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  • Store energy
  • Transport substances
  • Provide structural support
  • Produce tissue

Question 44

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Amino acids are the building blocks of life.
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  • True
  • False

Question 45

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Nucleic acid direct protein production.
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  • True
  • False

Question 46

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Nucleic acid carries
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  • protein information
  • genetic information
  • mental information
  • carbohydrate information

Question 47

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What are the two types of nucleic acid?
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  • DNA
  • RNA
  • RDNA
  • CNA

Question 48

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Carbohydrates are
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  • simple sugars
  • complex sugars
  • simple proteins
  • nucleic acids

Question 49

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What are the two major types of energy?
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  • Combustion energy
  • Potential energy
  • Wind energy
  • Kinetic energy

Question 50

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Potential energy is the energy of
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  • position
  • chemicals
  • atoms
  • motion

Question 51

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Kinetic energy is the energy of
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  • poisition
  • chemicals
  • wind
  • motion

Question 52

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Chemical energy is potential energy in the bonds of atoms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 53

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Why is it important to have energy?
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  • To do anything
  • To run
  • To do nothing

Question 54

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In the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can change forms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 55

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In the Second Law of Thermodynamics,
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  • the nature of energy will change from a more ordered state to a less ordered state
  • the nature of energy will change from a less ordered state to a more ordered state

Question 56

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The Earth's energy comes from the moon.
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  • True
  • False

Question 57

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Autotrophs are also know as consumers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 58

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Autotrophs are known as producers.
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  • True
  • False

Question 59

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Autotrophs
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  • Use the sun's energy to produce their own food
  • Use the sun's energy to decompose
  • Do not use the sun's energy to produce their own food

Question 60

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Autotrophs
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  • turn chemical energy into light energy
  • turn light energy into chemical energy
  • turn light energy into soil
  • turn chemical energy into wind energy

Question 61

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In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and water are converted into sugars.
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  • True
  • False

Question 62

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The components of photosynthesis are
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  • Carbon dioxide
  • Water
  • Shade
  • Sunlight
  • Soil
  • Sugar
  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen

Question 63

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Heterotrophs can produce their own food.
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  • True
  • False

Question 64

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What are the components of cellular respiration?
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  • Water
  • Energy
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Sunlight
  • Sugar
  • Oxygen
  • Monoxide
  • CO2

Question 65

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Energy is kept as heat in a one-way flow through the system.
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  • True
  • False

Question 66

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An ecosystem is all of the organisms and non-living entities in a particular area at the same time
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  • True
  • False

Question 67

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Primary production is the
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  • conversion of solar energy to sugars
  • conversion of sugars to solar energy
  • conversion or water to gas
  • conversion of solar energy to wind energy

Question 68

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Gross primary production is the
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  • use of energy made by the heterotrophs themselves
  • use of energy made by the plants themselves
  • use of atoms made by the plants themselves

Question 69

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Net primary production is energy left over to put into biomass.
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  • True
  • False

Question 70

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All ecosystems produce biomass at the same rate.
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  • True
  • False

Question 71

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Elements and compounds are consumed and required for survival of organisms.
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  • True
  • False

Question 72

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Nitrogen has
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  • 7 protons, 7 neutrons
  • 4 protons, 7 neutrons
  • 4 protons, 4 neutrons

Question 73

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Phosphorus has
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  • 7 protons, 7 neutrons
  • 15 protons, 15 neutrons
  • 17 protons, 17 neutrons

Question 74

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Oxygen has
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  • 7 protons, 7 neutrons
  • 7 protons, 8 neutrons
  • 8 protons, 8 neutrons

Question 75

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Carbon has
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  • 7 protons, 6 neutrons
  • 6 protons, 6 neutrons
  • 6 protons, 7 neutrons

Question 76

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Carbon dioxide is a colorless gad used by plants for photosynthesis, given off by repiration, and released by burning fossil fuels.
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  • True
  • False

Question 77

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Ionic bonds are
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  • chemical bonds formed by the attraction between positively charged ions.
  • chemical bonds formed by the attraction between oppositely charged ions.
  • chemical bonds formed by the attraction between negatively charged ions.
  • chemical bonds formed by the attraction between neutrally charged ions.

Question 78

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A watershed is the entire area of a river from when a pipe drains into an ocean.
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  • True
  • False

Question 79

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Hypoxia is the condition of extremely low dissolved oxygen concentrations in a body of water.
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  • True
  • False

Question 80

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A covalent bond is a chemical bond formed by atoms "sharing" electrons.
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  • True
  • False

Question 81

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What is a solution?
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  • A mixture of substances in which elements, molecules, or compounds come together without chemically bonding.
  • A mixture of substances in which elements, molecules, or compounds come together with an ionic bond.
  • Plasma

Question 82

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Methane is a colorless gas produced primarily by anaerobic decomposition.
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  • True
  • False

Question 83

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The ozone
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  • is a molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms
  • absorbs ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere
  • absorbs ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere
  • is a molecule consisting of four oxygen atoms

Question 84

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What happens in biogeochemical cycles?
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  • Nutrients cycle through the stratosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
  • Chemicals cycle through the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
  • Nutrients cycle through the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.

Question 85

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What is a flux?
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  • Movement among ponds
  • Movement among reservoirs
  • Movement among oceans

Question 86

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A source is a reservoir that releases more nutrients than they accept
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  • True
  • False

Question 87

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In a sink, the reservoir accepts more than it releases.
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  • True
  • False

Question 88

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What are the three forms of the hydrolytic cycle?
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  • liquid
  • plasma
  • gas
  • solid

Question 89

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Water gets into the atmosphere only by evaporation.
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  • True
  • False

Question 90

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What is transpiration?
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  • Evaporation from plants
  • Evaporation from snow
  • Evaporation in general

Question 91

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Runoff is water flowing over land.
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  • True
  • False

Question 92

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Human have only impacted some aspects of the water cycle.
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  • True
  • False

Question 93

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How have we impacted the water cycle?
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  • Overfilled water sources
  • Decreased evaporation
  • Depleted water sources
  • Reduced transpiration
  • Increased transpiration
  • Increased evaporation

Question 94

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Carbon is a part of every living thing.
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  • True
  • False

Question 95

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Producers pull _ from the atmosphere.
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  • CO2
  • H2O
  • N
  • K

Question 96

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Producers put some CO2 back into the atmosphere.
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  • True
  • False

Question 97

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CO2 becomes incorporated into the tissues of _ and _.
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  • plants, air
  • plants, insects
  • animals,insects
  • plants,animals

Question 98

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Settles into _ when organisms die.
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  • Water
  • Sediment
  • Plants

Question 99

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What is the largest reservoir of carbon?
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  • Water
  • Air
  • Plants
  • Soil

Question 100

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Putting too much CO2 into the air is a major climate change argument.
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  • True
  • False

Question 101

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Shifted from _ to atmosphere.
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  • hydrosphere
  • lithosphere
  • stratosphere

Question 102

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Nitrogen makes up how much of our atmosphere?
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  • 48%
  • 78%
  • 88%
  • 76%

Question 103

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Nitrogen is essential.
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  • True
  • False

Question 104

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Nitrogen needs what to help itself cycle.
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  • Bacteria
  • Thunder
  • Lightning
  • Atoms

Question 105

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How many steps are in the nitrogen cycle?
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  • 3
  • 2
  • 4
  • 6

Question 106

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Nitrogen has to be "fixed" before it can be used.
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  • True
  • False

Question 107

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Through what step of the nitrogen cycle do plants take up nitrates?
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  • Deneitrification
  • Nitrification
  • Nitrogen fixation

Question 108

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How have humans impacted the nitrogen cycle?
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  • Reduced plants
  • Reduced bacteria
  • Increased amount of nitrogen in soils and water through fertilizer.
  • Increased amount of nitrogen in soils and water through new plants.

Question 109

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Phosphorus is found in the atmosphere.
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  • True
  • False

Question 110

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The majority of phosphorus is found in
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  • rocks
  • plants
  • animals
  • water

Question 111

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When rocks are weather, the phosphorus runs into the water and
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  • settles into the sediment
  • settles into plants
  • settles into fish
  • is dissolved

Question 112

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Plants do not take up phosphorus.
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  • True
  • False

Question 113

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How have humans impacted the phosphorus cycle?
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  • Mined rocks
  • Put phosphorus in fertilizers
  • Taken phosphorus out of fertilizers
  • Detergents
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